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Bradley village and over the Laceby road to Coates Gorse, 

 where they ran in covert for about a quarter of an hour 

 before going on with a fresh fox. This fox led the way 

 through Maud Hole, and with Healing Gorse and Aylesby 

 village right and left, over the Barton street to Riby 

 Park, where yet another fresh fox jumped up. Now the 

 chase swept on, with the Hermitage and the Bratlands on 

 the left, nearly to Keelby village, and turning to the left, 

 with Keelby Grange on the left, to Limber village. 

 Hounds were stopped there, as it was too dark to proceed. 

 They covered a lot of country during the day, and made 

 several wide points. 



On January 13th the Brocklesby ran into the South 

 Wold near the Old Fleet drain at Thoresby, and changed 

 foxes, the South Wold killing the Brocklesby fox, while 

 foiled ground prevented the Brocklesby from recipro- 

 cating. 



There was a big Meet in Grimsby Market-place on 

 January 18th, and the huntsman speaks very highly of 

 the behaviour of the field ; then came a spell of frost from 

 January 21st till February 8th, and, except on February 

 5th, hounds were confined to kennels. They signalized 

 their return to active service by three good days on Feb- 

 ruary 12th, 17th, and 21st, and on the 22nd Mr. Hall 

 from the Holderness, and Mr. Musters from Notting- 

 hamshire, came for a day with the Brocklesby dog pack. 

 The former was particularly pleased, and said that they 

 w^ere a better pack than he had ever seen before. On 

 March 11th this pack ran a Bradley Wood fox to Thor- 

 ganby, where a snowstorm saved his life after an hour 

 and thirty-five minutes' hunt, and on the 17th they ran a 

 fox from Grainsby, by way of Ravendale and Beelsby, to 

 Badger Hills, a fresh fox taking up the running there. As 

 no second horses were at hand, he was allowed to depart 

 in peace. 



Long records the fact that on March 27th of that year 

 Mr. J. Maunsell Richardson won the Grand National at 

 Liverpool on Captain Machell's Disturbance, a great day 



