TWO FOX-UP-A-CHIMNEY HUNTS 



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stands shaking out at least once a fortnight all 

 through the season, should set the hall-mark of 

 approval on any day's sport, situated as it is on the 

 boundary of the Quorn, and the finest line of old 

 pasture anywhere in Leicestershire. On the present 

 occasion a good fox was quickly up before the pack, 

 and a hot scent made covert no place to dwell in. 

 The lucky star of the Belvoir was evidently in the 

 ascendant, for hounds went streaming away at a 

 great pace over the grass in the direction of Waltham. 



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Bagging the fox in the Inn Parlour. 



The going was in perfect order, horses galloping 

 on the top of the ground, and the required pace was 

 set by hounds, without which the charms of Leicester- 

 shire cannot fully be appreciated. Turning right- 

 handed up the brook-side towards Thorpe Arnold, 

 there was soon plenty of diversion ; for though the 

 stream is no wider than a gravel walk in places, 

 so that a polo pony might take it in his stride, yet 

 its shelving banks are treacherous, making it a 

 formidable obstacle, and it is no unusual occurrence 

 to see some of the highest priced hunters laving 

 their steaming sides in this classic stream. On the 

 day under consideration, a welter-weight riding a 



