UO THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. [1885 



between Goxhill and Killingliolme over a capital line of 

 country, ])ut darkness put a stop to the pursuit of a fast 

 sinking fox. The good mare Bounce carried Dale very 

 well through this run. On November 22nd the proceed- 

 ings from Healing Wells opened with a mad race of 

 twenty-five minutes down the marshes, hounds running 

 from scent to view and killing their fox in the open in 

 orthodox style. There was also another good two hours' 

 run the same day, the first forty minutes of which were 

 very fast, and the rest at a good hunting pace. It 

 emanated from Eeeds Mere, the subsequent proceedings 

 taking place in the marshes, and the fox eventually got 

 to ground at Habrough, but was bolted and killed. 



The only other day of note that year was on 

 December 27th, when the bitch pack met at Linwood ; 

 they had a very hard and very long day's hunting, were 

 not stopped till seven o'clock, and did not reach kennels 

 till half-past eleven, and this in mid- winter, too. The 

 New Year (1885) opened brightly with a very fine two- 

 hours' run from Langmere Furze on January 2nd, on 

 which occasion Tapster did some excellent work. This 

 hound was used as a sire both at Brocklesby and elsewhere 

 with great success. He was by Blankney Tapster out of 

 Rantipole, by Milton Reveller, stood twenty-four inches, 

 had beautiful legs and feet, the best of shoulders, and 

 well-set-on neck. There were two good runs on January 

 30th and 31st, hounds running hard for an hour and 

 three-quarters on the first day from Irby Holme, and 

 killed their fox, while, on the second, they had a fine run 

 of two hours and five minutes from Chase Hill, and were 

 beaten at the finish by a terrible storm near Thornton 

 ( 'olleoe. 



An hour and three-quarters' gallop, also from Chase 

 Hill, on February 9 th, finished with a kill at Newsham 

 Bridge, and in this run Raglan, by Lord Middleton's 

 Rylan out of Ruin, by the Milton Ringwood, particularly 

 distinguished himself. The lady pack brought ofi^ a great 

 run on February 11th with a fox put up in a field near 



