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Wilkinson from Grantham, " a rum un to follow ; a 

 bad mi to beat in any comitry " ; Mr. E. B. Brookes, 

 one of the foremost riders with the Quorn ; Mr. 

 Chandos Paravicini, who won distinction as a gentle- 

 man rider on the flat ; Mr. F. H. Schwind, quite happy 

 on a chestnut horse Solicitor II., a winner of chases ; 

 George Leaf, Will Weston, Jack Hewitt, and a few 

 more. 



Crossing the double line of rails and the signal 

 wires, the slide down the precipitous grass bank 

 and the jump out again took a bit of doing ! 



By Old Dalby Station. 



Two tunnels, half a mile apart, under the railway 

 served the rest of the field, both Mr. Griffith and 

 Captain Frank Forester being on the right. '' Go 

 on for'ard, or he will get into the village, and we 

 shall lose him ! " shouted the master of the Quorn 

 to Mr. J. F. Cartmell, joint-secretary to the two 

 hunts, who quickly had a watchful eye forward 

 across the small grass enclosures up to the village. 



The tower of the church and the fine gables of 

 Old Dalby Hall, the hunting-box of Mr. and Mrs. 

 C. J. Phillips, were the predominating features of 

 a peaceful little village in the vale, with its back- 

 ground of deep woodland. A field away from 



