62 THE BROCKLESBY H0UND8. [1835 



threw up their heads in a turnip field. Smith says that 

 subsequent events led him to believe that the fox turned 

 short back on his foil, but while working a wide cast round 

 Fillingham he heard some hounds speaking in the gorse in 

 the Park, so took the pack to them. But there is little 

 doubt they changed, and yet again a few fields from 

 Fillingham ; but, pressing on by the New Covert, they ran 

 nearly to Hackthorn, which they had close on the right, 

 the field and some of the hounds being delayed in the Park, 

 as some of the wall had to be pulled down before they 

 could get out. But the leaders were going at a great 

 pace, placing Spridlington on the left as they ran to Snar- 

 ford Bridge, at which place it was decided to stop the 

 hounds ; " which," says Smith, " I was glad to do, through 

 the assistance of Mr. Pelham, who rode hard, very hard, to 

 sret to them," thouojh the fox was not far in front of them. 

 It was a very hard day, and they were obliged to leave 

 their horses at Market Easen and hire hacks to go home 

 on. William Mason had lamed his horse at Grlentworth, 

 and took him to Blyborough, where he left him. 



On January 11th, 1836, both fox and hounds ran 

 through the funeral procession of Mr. Codd, of Holton-le- 

 Clay. Thirty years before Mr. Codd had been a great 

 fox-hunter, and owned a w^onderfully good bay horse that 

 came to an untimely end by dropping down dead in the 

 hunting field at Grainsby Healing. A curious thing 

 happened on January 15th, when hounds met at Bly- 

 borough, Mr. Foljambe, then Master of the Grove, and Lord 

 G-alway arriving at the covert side on the same horse. 

 Mr. Foljambe's hack had fallen on the way to covert and 

 broken both its knees, so he sent him back to Gainsborough, 

 and jumped up behind his lordship. 



Mr. Osbaldeston, whose hounds Mr. Harvey Combe 

 was then hunting, was out at a meet at Hainton Hall, and 

 expressed himself as being very pleased with the Brocklesby 

 pack. 



The Brocklesby Hunt Steeple Race took place on 

 February 23rd, the course being from Baruoldby-le-Beck 



