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so I cheered and halloed them till I thought he had 

 heard enough of it, and he said to me, ' Now, Frank, 

 we had better take the pack to that gate and draw 

 out our own hounds.' ' All right,' I said, ' let 

 me jump on my horse first.' No sooner was I in 

 the saddle and said, * Come on, my lads ! ' than 

 every one of my hounds — sixteen and a half couple 

 of bitches — came to my horse's heels, including one 

 couple of the Quorn, which I had the pleasure of 

 returning next day." 



The sight greatly pleased the Rev. J. P. Seabrooke, 

 who occupied a prominent position all through the 

 gallop, having the distinction of being the only 

 rider who had the luck to see the other combnied 

 run, which occurred about twenty-five years later, 

 in 1908. He remarks in a letter of January 1909, 

 " Gillard realised, and rose to the occasion at once, 

 taking up the leadership. He was in his glory ! 

 Firr seemed dazed for the moment — as well he might 

 after a stunning fall. Gillard and Firr, riding into 

 the midst of the combined pack after the hunt, 

 separated their hounds like two distinguished artists, 

 each hound following his man." Gillard relates 

 that Mr. John Coupland, whom he had served under 

 at Quorn, begged the brush, but, learning next day 

 that the Duke of Rutland was most anxious to 

 retain the trophy as a record of this great run, he 

 returned it. 



A full list of the two fields out is not obtainable, 

 but the following are mentioned : " We had a good 

 field out for Harby. It included Mr. Burdett-Coutts, 

 Mr. Francis Crawley, Mr. Edgar Lubbock, Mr. 

 Ernest Chaplin, Mons. F. Roy, Mons. Conturie, and 

 Mr. Lionel Trower, all from Grantham ; Mr. Craig, 

 the Rev. J. P. Seabrooke, and Captain Hume repre- 

 senting Melton; Mr. Fisher from Orston; Dr. Williams 



