TWO FOX-UP-A-CHIMNEY HUNTS 



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Keisby and Aslackby woods, running on to Bulby 

 Hall Wood, where another jumping up the pack 

 divided. Gillard with the main body stuck to the 

 hunted one, riding past Irnham village on the right, 

 through the corner of the Great North Wood. Horses 



One of the old school of squire parsons, the late Rev. J. Muehousc hunted 

 a great many seasons with the Belvoir and Cottesmore hounds, and was 

 the last to wear the rough old Cottesmore hat. He passed away at 

 Colsterworth in 19 10. 



were beginning to show signs of distress as we 

 struggled on past Hawthorpe, turning to gap and 

 gate whenever the opportunity offered. As hounds 

 crashed through Irnham coverts in the gloom, 

 the wild pigeons rose from the trees, and we 

 rode forward to Grimsthorpe Park, down to the 

 clump of beeches near the carriage drive on the 

 far side of the lake. Here hounds marked to 

 ground, baying round a deep swallow hole, an 



