142 GOOD SPORT 



After meeting at Lodge-on-the-Wold, hounds 

 scored quite a good hunt from Owthorpe Borders 

 nearly to Long Clawson, across a beautiful bit of 

 country by Widmerpool. A longish jog was neces- 

 sary to get back to Curate's Gorse, from which a fox 

 was set going, and, says Captain Forester, " we hunted 

 up to Broughton Village, then going straight on to 

 Sherbrooke's, the latter part of the hunt was fast. 

 The light being bad, we were within a field of that 

 covert before I was aware that the Belvoir were in 

 possession." 



For the best part of half-an-hour a ringing fox 

 had been engaging the attention of the Belvoir 

 pack in Sherbrooke's Covert, and the sudden appear- 

 ance of the Quorn hounds charging in the bottom 

 end, was hailed with delight by the field ! In a 

 moment the two packs joined forces, forty-four 

 couple waking the echoes of Sherbrooke's ! It was 

 the moment of a lifetime, though some one asked 

 " Shall we stop them ? " Mr. " Ned " Griffith's 

 decisive reply being, "Certainly not, if there is the 

 chance of a run ! " 



Any further doubt was settled by a ringing view- 

 halloo from Jack Hewitt, the Belvoir first whipper-in, 

 riding a good dun horse. Toffee, as he viewed 

 a small-looking fox leaving the Hickling side of 

 covert. Capell's horn came in quick response, 

 animating every horse and rider when hounds 

 streamed out of covert. 



Ben Capell being senior huntsman handled the 

 combined pack. Leaf riding at his elbow, charging 

 the hairy fences side by side, remindful of old days 

 at Blankney, when they rode together as huntsman 

 and whipper-in. It is rather singular that both 

 Capell and Leaf were riding short-tailed blood 

 horses of the same pattern and appearance as those 



