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plucky attempt to jump the brook was made by 

 Mr. T. A. Rudkin, the sporting vet. from Grantham, 

 who nicked in the run when on his rounds, and 

 had a bag of bhster and lotion bottles attached to 

 the saddle. He too only got the right side with 

 a fall, and the bottles were broken, but he finished 

 the run with the glass clattering in the leather 

 bag. 



The majority of us found an easier way round 

 with the hunt staff, for horses at the end of a hard 



Mr. F. A. Soames down at Lenton Brook. 



day wanted nursing, and all of us have not spare 

 necks in our pockets when we go hunting ! Say 

 what you will, the man who has a fling at Lenton 

 Brook chances his horse, for the stream is deep 

 enough to break a back if jumped short, and latterly 

 a bridge placed below Hanby has robbed this beau- 

 tiful line of interest. Harry Maiden managed to 

 make a short cut and get within distance of the 

 lucky half-dozen in attendance on hounds; and by 

 the time the rest of us galloped through Ingoldsby 

 village in hot pursuit, his triumphant " whoo- 

 whoop ! " was heard near to Mr. Richard Stock- 



