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they got into difficulties, liaviiig accomplished a ten-mile 

 point. There was some excellent sport on November '2ord 

 from Kingerby Wood beginning with a dip into Burton 

 domains, by way of Toft, Pilsford Bridge, Fen Wood, 

 Bishop Bridge, and West Kasen, and so back to Kingerl^y, 

 where they killed after an absence of an hour and twenty 

 minutes. 



There was another ofood run of an hour and a half 

 from South Wood, but hounds eventually lost their fox at 

 Owersby ; and another good run came off on the last day 

 of the month from Elsham to Hendale, hounds eventually 

 killino- their fox at Kirminoton after an hour and a 

 quarter's gallop. The first notable event in the New 

 Year was a two hours' gallop from Drake's Gorse to 

 Battery Marsh, thence to the Humber bank, where there 

 was a check, and so back along the marshes to Sutton 

 Thorns, and from that covert to Healing Station and 

 Healing Wells, where hounds changed foxes immediately 

 and went on over Aylesby to Irby Dales, and had to 1)e 

 stopped there. 



The only other exceptional run came off on February 

 4th, from Bradley Wood, when the bitches ran hard for 

 two hours and twenty minutes, and killed their fox in the 

 open. From Bradley they first went to Laceby, where 

 they turned left-handed to Welbeck Hill, and continued 

 to run parallel with the Barton street as far as Barnoldby 

 Beck, at which point they turned back to Bradley. 

 Running straight through without pause or hesitation, 

 hounds made for the Laceby Osiers and then swung round 

 over Aylesby to Laceby Cross-roads. Crossing the 

 Barton street, they pressed on, with L'by village on the 

 right hand, and skirted L'by Holme as they made for 

 Beelsby. Then came a left turn as hounds started to run 

 in earnest for their fast-sinking fox, and at Hatcliflfe Dale 

 had the satisfaction of blowing la morte over his tattered 

 remains. 



A very unsatisfactory season, in spite of several good 

 runs, finished on April 10th, hounds having been out one 



