A LENTON BROOK DAY 



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Very picturesque was the scene of the hunt 

 wending its way down the wide coaching-road on 

 which the town is built, to visit Heathcote's new 

 covert, a mile distant — a fox-ground planted by the 

 squire's father, the Rev. T. Heathcote, for many 



Major W. I.ongstaffe on Silver Tail. 



years Vicar of Lenton. Situated in a good wheat- 

 growdng and grazing country, the fences are strong 

 and the ditches dug deep, so that a safe jumper is 

 a sine qua non when hounds start a travelling fox 

 in the district. At this period of history Gillard 

 and his staff were not well mounted, but it was 

 surprising what they were able to accon\plish, 

 though falls were frequent. In the first place, 



