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burn,- Mr R. L. Fenwick, Mr and Mrs H. G. Fenwick, 

 Capt. H. Ashton, Miss D. Hartopp, Miss Vera Barclay, 

 Miss E. W. Philip, Mrs F. Mackey, Mr R. E. Straw- 

 bridge, Miss Strawbridge, Mr Foxhall Keene, Mrs 

 Hepworth, Major Tomblin, Capt. Bates, Mr A. 

 Smith, Mr and Mrs T. E. Brooks, Mr Larkin, Mr Gill, 

 Mr Lousada, Mr J. F. Cartmell, Mr T. Snodin, Mr 

 H. S. Black, Mr \V. Payne, Mr J. B. W. Robinson, etc. 



The first fox was set going from the pastures, and 

 driving him out from the lower side, hounds pointed 

 for Sanham House, then bearing right-handed 

 crossed the railway that runs between Melton and 

 Leicester. Hunting on to Great Dalby village 

 there occurred a check, but Leaf set them right, 

 and running on to Crown Point the};^ gained Gartree 

 Hill covert. Here hounds changed on to a fresh 

 fox, running over the flats to Burton Hall Spinnies. 

 Travelling along at a smart pace over the sandy 

 lane and Dalby road, they ran towards Eye Kettleby, 

 and making a sharp bend to the right reached the 

 outskirts of Melton Mowbray. In a small paddock 

 near the new park, fox and hounds were all together, 

 but he managed to vanish into security, just as 

 everyone was counting on his brush to crown the 

 Ash Wednesday performance. 



There was another fox in readiness at Thorpe 

 Trussels, and in brief the following is a description 

 of the hunt as told by George Leaf : " We only 

 touched one plough field all day. There was a 

 hunting scent, and the fox from Thorpe Trussels 

 went very straight, enabling hounds to burst him 

 up in forty minutes, the kill occurring near to 

 Gartree Hill covert. The brush was presented to 

 the Hon. Mrs W. Lawson, for her granddaughter, 

 who was born the day before. Hounds broke up 

 the head. You will be pleased to hear I have a 



