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and Newark remains little but a few osier beds, and 

 the presence of a keen fox preserver in tbe person 

 of Mr. Ripon Brockton. 



With good foxes and a good scent the Vale should 

 be the best part of the South Notts country; but 

 foxes have not run with vigour of late seasons here- 

 abouts. Chances of sport will improve much when 

 the neighbouring coverts of the Quorn and Belvoir 

 are once more occupied with old seasoned foxes. 



Turning,, in conclusion, to the strip of Derbyshire 

 that runs up the west of the South Notts country, 

 and which is always visited on a Saturday, we again 

 find ourselves on a different description of ground. 

 Small grass inclosures and pleasant flying fences give 

 to this part quite a Meynell type. It is only during 

 the last few years that all this territory has been 

 reopened for foxhunting ; but, the ice having once 

 been broken, it would appear as if all antagonism 

 were happily melting away. For their work here 

 hounds are brought by train from Gedling to West 

 Hallam or Breadsall — from either of which stations 

 all the coverts can be reached, and which are, con- 

 sequently, usually named as the meets. From West 

 Hallam they draw Lady Wood, the property of Col. 

 Newdigate (in whom the Hunt has a good supporter), 

 Shipley (a covert of some extent), Hopwell (where 

 Mr. E. Pares is throwing all his energy into resusci- 

 tating his share of this Derbyshire district), and the 

 Dale Plantations. Locko has hitherto been withheld 

 from the Hunt by the present owner. From Breadsall 

 they work Horsley Carr (a splendid fastness — being 

 a large valley of rough natural covert). Cloves Wood, 



