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concerned, until 1881, the last two seasons being under 

 Mr. Wemyss's Mastership. Then came two seasons with 

 Lord Fitzwilliam at Wentworth, to be followed by twelve 

 with Lord Yarborough, Dale leaving Brocklesby for Bad- 

 minton in 1896, where his friends hope he will remain for 

 the rest of his days, if they cannot get him back to Lin- 

 colnshire. Dale is now harder worked than ever ; but it is 

 a labour of love, and much of it is a self-imposed task, and 

 it is no exaggeration to say that his one mission in life is 

 to hunt and to kill foxes. 



Dale's favourite horses at Brocklesby were Bouncing B., 

 Bounce, Cadney, Boniface, Bridget, and Beatrice. Bouncing 

 B. was a wonderfully good mare and a very big jumper ; 

 she was killed through jumping at some very high rails 

 near the water-tower when turned out to grass at Brocklesby. 

 Dale has her feet now. Bounce was also a good hunter, 

 and Cadney carried the huntsman for seven seasons ; Lord 

 Yarborough gave Dale a painting of him which now^ hangs 

 in his cottage at Badminton. Cadney was by Broomilaw 

 2nd, and was bought by the late Mr. T. L. Skipworth of 

 Mr. J. Lett for Lord Yarborough. Boniface was a great 

 favourite of Dale's ; he was purchased by Mr. Muntz at 

 the sale of hunters when Lord Yarborough decided to 

 reduce his establishment. 



Bridget carried Dale through the great run from Kirton 

 Covert ; and Beatrice did a lot of good work, and proved 

 herself a fine hunter. Dale did not like her at first, 

 thinking her slow and short of quality ; but she could 

 stay for ever, and was a capital jumper. She once got 

 all her field beat, and trotted away from the whole lot of 

 them over some heavy plough near Spridlington Thorns ; 

 and on another occasion, from Kedbourne, she greatly 

 distinguished herself. They first had a very fast sixteen 

 minutes from Grayingham Gorse to Willoughton Clift', 

 where hounds ran into their fox in the open, and then 

 came a long draw over a lot of country without finding. 

 Dale had just told his second horseman that he would draw 

 for an outlying fox to please the farmers, but without 



