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run at a tremendous pace, first to East Helton, right- 

 handed nearly to Langmere, and so back to Chase Hill ; 

 sixteen minutes without a check. Away again at once 

 hounds crossed the road and ran through Mr. Byron's 

 grounds to Bygott's covert, and went on thence, with Rye 

 Hill close on the left, to Newsham Lake. From here they 

 went past Newsham Lodge, with the Chase on the left, 

 nearly to Pond Close Wood, where the fox turned right- 

 handed, hounds ran from scent to view, and then rolled 

 him over handsomely two fields from Brocklesby Station. 

 This was a long way the best thing of the season. 



Tom Smith took a nasty toss on January 15th, 1858, 

 near the Chase, his horse putting his feet in a ditch and 

 falling heavily on top of him, Hounds did not go out 

 again till the 19 th in consequence. 



The next season, 1858-59, showed an improvement, 

 for hounds were out ninety-nine days, killing twenty-three 

 and a half brace of foxes ; but bad stopping is indicated 

 by the record of twenty-six brace run to ground. 



Cub-hunting began on September 1st in the Mausoleum 

 Woods, and, after a satisfactory educational period, the 

 regular season opened on October 25 th. 



December 10 th was the first good scenting day of the 

 season, hounds meeting at Swallow Cross-roads, and going 

 from Dauber's Wood at a tremendous pace, continued to 

 run hard through Henholes and Irby Dales, where they 

 changed once or twice and ran for some time, before 

 returning to Henholes. Then they went on over Ca- 

 bourne Top, turned right-handed into the Pillar Woods, 

 where they went a great pace for some time, and turned 

 out into the open again towards Badger Hills, catching 

 their fox before he could reach that covert. They had 

 been running very fast for fifty minutes since finding. 

 They then ran hard for forty minutes, in and around Irby 

 Dales, till they caught and killed a beaten fox in Washing 

 Dales. 



On January l7th, 1859, there was a good twenty-five 

 minutes from Nor Woods to Willingham village, where 



