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were there stopped when it was much too dark to proceed. 

 The widest points of the run were at least fifteen miles 

 apart, and hounds had gone considerably over twenty- 

 miles, and the time two hours and forty minutes. It is 

 quite possible — nay, even probable — that hounds had 

 changed foxes ; but they had never entered a covert since 

 leaving Langmere, so if they did transfer their attentions 

 to another, it was to a travelling fox. They had traversed 

 a splendid hunting country and of varied character, and 

 every hound was up when they were stopped. Cadney 

 and Bounce had the honour of carrying Dale, and right 

 well they did it ; and of the splendid dog pack that ac- 

 quitted themselves so well that day. Tapster, 8hiner, 

 Smoker, and several others specially distinguished them- 

 selves. 



Another good run of two hours from the same neigh- 

 bourhood took place on December 2nd, when hounds ran 

 hard from Goxhill Oxmarsh below Goxhill and Langmere 

 Furze, and through Thornton College Gorse towards Zincs. 

 Turning up past both the Killingholmes, they then pointed 

 first for Habrough, and afterwards Immingham, and skirt- 

 ing Reeds Mere, followed lum, hard pressed, into Battery 

 Marsh. Fresh foxes were afoot, but the pack never left 

 the hunted animal, and running as if tied to him, drove 

 him into the open and tbere rolled him over. A fine 

 performance. 



From January 24th till February 28th, 1888, Dale was 

 hors de combat, and the weather in February was so bad 

 that hounds were only out nine times, killing nine foxes. 

 On February 28th, the day that the Brocklesby huntsman 

 returned to active service, the late Duke of Clarence was 

 present at the meet at Immingham, but there was only a 

 very poor day's sport. 



Sutton Thorns, a charming blackthorn covert in the 

 marshes, planted by the Rev. Cecil Legard on land belong- 

 ing to Sir Richard Sutton, provided a fine two hours 

 gallop on March 29th, the pack streaming away over the 

 grassy sea and the bottomless drains by Killingholme, 



