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minutes before the pack, and, directing me 

 the nearest way to get into the park, disap- 

 pointed me of seeing anything more of the 

 run, as the hounds turned short back to 

 Dalbury and Tensley, then to the right to 

 Sutton Hill, on the right again to Barton 

 Park, by Church Brougbton, to Foston, over 

 the railroad at Sudbury station, and in at- 

 tempting to gain some main earths in Need- 

 wood Forest, was drowned in the river Dove, 

 close to Draycott Mill. Time, two hours and 

 fifteen minutes. By a careful measurement 

 of the distance on the Ordnance map it 

 cannot be less than twenty-two miles. When 

 the hounds got on to their fresh fox, they 

 set to running, having the wind in their 

 favour, at such a pace, that catching them 

 was quite out of the question. Never was a 

 field more scattered, and very few went to 

 the end ; among the names I have been able 

 to collect as gaining that happy distinction, 

 are the two Mr. Fitzherberts, Mr. Davenport, 

 Mr. Cooke, and Mr. James Holden. No one 

 went better to hounds than Mr. Clowes till, 

 unfortunately, he lamed his horse seriously 

 at a brook, and was therefore compelled to 

 pull up. 



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