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border, and has much rough covert, through which 

 hounds can often run hard. White Horse Wood is, 

 perhaps, the principal draw; is a good and likely place 

 for a fox ; and is easy to get away from. Donington 

 Park (where the late Marquis of Hastings lived) has 

 woods of no great size_, but good holding capacity, 

 within its precincts. Islay Walton Toll Gate and 

 Ashby Toll Gate are occasionally . advertised ; and 

 at Whatton is a gorse and some small spinnies. 



Friday has Lockington Hall (formerly the seat of 

 Mr. J. Storey) allotted to it — and gives some of the 

 best ground in the Hunt. From it they draw March 

 Covert, and thence often run fast over the meadows 

 by the river side. But the area is limited in this 

 direction^ and the gallop is more frequently a ring 

 back to the covert. Lockington Gorse, on the other 

 side of the Hall, gives more room and very often good 

 sport over a nice line and a good deal of grass. After 

 adding Cavendish Bridge, we cross to the other side of 

 the river Soar, which intersects the country on its way 

 to the Trent, and get to the Leak Hills and colder 

 ground. These hills have been planted by Lord 

 Belper with a prolonged extent of covert, to which 

 foxes take kindly. The meets usually named for 

 drawing them are Kegworth Station, Leak Pit House, 

 Kingston Hall, and occasionally Sutton Bonington. 

 For similar hill coverts are the meets of Thrumpton 

 and Gotham ; and at all these wide plantations, though 

 heavily utilised for shooting purposes, foxes are 

 heartily welcomed. In the extreme north Clifton Hall 

 is the nearest fixture to Nottingham, with the covert 

 of Clifton gardens on the hill side above the Trent. 



