1870] NIMROD LONG. Ill 



Chaplin's Snowstorm won tlie Open Eace, and Mr. W. 

 Richardson's Peter Lord Yarborough's Cup. 



Cub-hunting in 1869 began on August 30th, when a 

 cub was killed in the Mausoleum AVoods after a satis- 

 factory morning's work. Eegular hunting began on 

 November 1st with a meet at Swallow village, and a leash 

 of foxes came to hand ; but, though there was generally 

 good sport, nothing of note occurred till December 8th, 

 when hounds hunted a twisting fox to death in an hour 

 and a half from the New Holland Osiers. There was also 

 a good hour and ten minutes from Battery Marsh on 

 December 11th, hounds going away at a great pace down 

 the marshes to Immingham Church, thence over Ha- 

 brousfh Field to the East Holton road, and with Killino- 

 holme on the left, to Houlton's covert. Returning much 

 the same way to Killingholme, hounds ran on through 

 Habrough village to Immingham village, where, after 

 some twisting work in and out of the gardens, they killed 

 their fox. Another good hunting run of an hour and fifty- 

 five minutes took place from Bradley Wood on the first 

 day of 1870, the pack eventually killing a very wry-necked 

 fox at Stallingborough. 



While calling for refreshment at Mr. Borman's, Irby, 

 on January 3rd, a fox jumped up out of the shrubs by 

 the front door and provided the field with a fine run of 

 an hour and twenty-five minutes before hounds were 

 stopped on account of the darkness. They ran through 

 Irby Holme to Beelsby, made a point for Barnoldby, and 

 then turned right-handed by Hatcliffe Mill as if for Raven- 

 dale. Turning over the Barton street to the brook, 

 hounds then ran the meadows to Brigsley, where the fox 

 crossed, and he was running in the direction of Waltham 

 when his pursuers were stopped. It was a capital gallop, 

 and the country from Irby Holme a good one. 



On February 26th Mr. William Richardson's horse broke 

 his leg below the knee while jumping a fence near Roxton 

 Wood ; and on March 4th the bitches brought off a good 

 gallop of an hour and two minutes, from the Smithfield 



