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(Lord Yarborougli had only the bitch pack then, it will he 

 remembered, he having sold the dog pack to Lord Lons- 

 dale in April, 1895) were out twenty-eight times, killing 

 thirteen and a half brace of foxes and running eight brace 

 to ground. 



The season opened at Brocklesby Hall on November 

 3rd, a small meet, with many well-known faces missing, 

 and it proved a disappointing day. The first two good 

 days came on November 13th and 17th, from Thorganby 

 and Healing Manor respectively, the first day giving a 

 good run of an hour from Peterhills, and the second a 

 fifteen minutes' race from Healing Gorse to Keelby 

 Sprothorns and back to ground in the main earths at 

 Little London ; a thirty minutes' fast run from Scrubl> 

 Close to a kill in the open two fields beyond Sutton 

 Thorns ; and a good hour's hunt from Drake's Gorse, 

 hounds being stopped near Irby Dales at dark. There 

 was also a good day's sport from Eoxton Wood on No- 

 vember 28th, beorinninor with an excellent woodland hunt 

 of one hour forty minutes and a kill, to be followed by a 

 fine forty minutes from Brocklesby Church to Audleby 

 Park, where hounds ran from scent to view and killed in 

 splendid style, and a race from the Audleby Square Wood 

 to ground in the Fonaljy valley finished the day. 



December 8th was remarkable for its good scent, which 

 enabled Smith to handle three foxes during the day, all 

 after good runs, and for a hunt 'neath the moon and the 

 stars. Smith had his fox well beat, and was most anxious 

 to kill him ; but, as hounds were running hard for the 

 stronghold of Roxton Wood, and it was then nearly five 

 o'clock, he deemed it wisest to stop them before crossing 

 the line at Habrough. Only Captain Dudley Pelham and 

 Messrs. Tom Sutcliff"e and Cavil Lowish, together with the 

 huntsman and his first whipper-in, saw the finish. 



There was a very good run from a meet at Stalling- 

 borough Station on December 26th, hounds finding a good 

 fox in Maud Hole, and, after a twisting hunt of an hour 

 and ten minutes over a good country, coming to a full stop 



