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if you have a bold and clever horse under you you 

 will do it with ease. 



The first run that stands out from many others 

 over this country was with the Master's pack, 

 when the fixture was at the Red Lion, Cheriton, 

 early in February 1891. Our fox was found in a 

 double behind Hatherleigh Farm, and hounds 

 streamed away uphill, just short of Holbrook, turn- 

 ing left-handed down the gully, and then swinging 

 to the right, ran on to Lattiford. Maperton and 

 Blundas were the next points, then back to Gale's 

 Plantation, and just touching Little Cheriton 

 Wood, a left-hand turn down the road brought 

 them to South Cheriton, where hounds checked 

 after a very fast thirty minutes. Hitting the 

 line again below the village, the pack ran into 

 their fox close to the spot from which they had 

 roused him. Our second fox was from the double 

 near Stoke Trister, and led us to Stileway and 

 on as if for Hunter's Lodge, but bearing to the 

 left, we ran hard to Higher Hornwood, where 

 the fox went to ground after a good twenty 

 minutes. 



A scene that took place in the grounds at Inwood 

 one day when the Master's hounds had killed their 

 fox just outside was a remarkable one. The late 

 Marchioness of Westminster, who was then living 

 at Inwood, and in her ninety-fourth year, took a 

 great interest in the hounds and their perform- 

 ances in the field. The Master therefore ordered 

 the fox to be brouijjht in view of the windows, and 



