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bitches, also brought ofl' a good run of an hour and three- 

 quarters from Houlton's covert on February 2nd, running 

 into their fox in orthodox style in front of Mr. Symond's 

 house at Goxhill. 



The season came to an untimely end on February 5th, 

 owino; to the death of the Earl of Yarborouo;h in London. 



The new one opened on August 30th with the killing 

 of a brace of cubs in Thomas' Wood, the present Lord 

 Yarborough then being a minor, and the pack being under 

 the mastership of Victoria, Lady Yarborough, who was 

 ably assisted by Mr. J. Maunsell Richardson, a gentleman 

 who has always taken the greatest interest in the breeding 

 and hunting of the pack, and whose valuable advice has 

 done much to make it what it is now. The first hard day's 

 work came with the Bradley foxes on September 24th, 

 hounds running fast all the time, killing a cub, and being 

 absent from kennels eleven hours. There was also another 

 hard day on October 29th, from Binbrook Scallows, and 

 hounds did not get home till seven o'clock. Thirteen and 

 a half brace of foxes was the total of the slain during the 

 educational period, and the season proper opened from 

 Laceby Cross-roads on November 1st with a smart fifty- 

 five minutes from Bradley Wood, hounds killing their fox 

 at Waltham Station. There was also a good run from 

 Bradley Gears, the pack running into their fox at Welbeck 

 Hill. But November was far too stormy for good sport, 

 and it was an unsatisfactory month on the whole. A 

 calamity happened to one of the hounds on the last day 

 of the month, Lufra falling and breaking her neck on 

 Mr. Coates' Beelsby farm. There was a good hunting run 

 from Kingerby Wood on December 3rd, hounds hunting 

 in capital style to between Legsby and Hainton, where 

 the amount of snow on the hills compelled Long to stop 

 them and return to the low country. The country rode 

 very deep the whole of this month, and at times, when 

 hounds ran fast, they were two or three fields in front of 

 the horsemen. There was a good run, most of it fast, 

 from Bradley Wood, on December 15th, hounds running 



