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pack." Measurements also of jumps taken out 

 hunting seldom convey much, and the best of them 

 may be beaten in a circus ring by so many feet or 

 inches. Yet every one who goes hunting knows, 

 that a quick thing to hounds in a strongly-fenced 

 country is the finest test o:£ the sterling worth of 

 horse or rider. 



" The fastest gallop of the season happened on 

 February i6, 1881, from Coston covert, hounds 

 racing like wild-fire towards Wymondham in the 

 direction of Woodwell Head, and back again to the 

 starting-point, squandering a large field of over 

 three hundred followers. Those nearest to them 

 were Captain ' Doggy ' Smith, Mr. John Welby, and 

 Will Wells," so Frank Gillard tells us. 



On January 24, 1883, a long and fast gallop was 

 seen from Coston covert to Woodwell Head, away 

 for Freeby, ending with a kill near vStonesby — time, 

 two hours and twenty minutes. Amongst those 

 who rode this run were Lord and Lady Grey de 

 Wilton, the Hon. H. H. and Mrs. Molyneux, Major 

 the Hon. and Mrs. Stirling, Colonel the Hon. H. H. 

 Forester, Mrs. Sloane Stanley, Miss Turner, Sir Hugh 

 Cholmeley, Captains Tennant, Pencil Elmhirst, Tom 

 Boyce, Messrs. A. V. Pryor, Burdett-Coutts, Henry 

 Chaplin, H. T. Barclay, A. Brocklehurst, J. Hutchin- 

 son, Westley Richards, George Drummond, F. Roy, 

 Coutourie, the Rev. J. Mirehouse, and Rev. J. P. 

 Seabrooke. 



A day full of riding experiences comes under the 

 heading of February 10, 1892. Gillard remarks 

 that it was the best day of the season, hounds 

 getting away from the south-east corner of Coston 

 covert close at their fox, and, never leaving his 

 brush, ran by Woodwell Head and Crown Point, 

 which was reached in twelve minutes, ending with 



