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we met on Toomer Hill at eight o'clock, and after 

 spending some time over a short-running fox, we 

 trotted to Haddon and found the black fox in 

 Biddlecombe covert. Getting away at once, 

 hounds ran nicely to the Holts, and going 

 through, headed for Marsh Copse, near to which 

 they checked. The Master fortunately caught 

 sight of his fox sitting up in a corner of a field, 

 and clapped hounds on to the line. It was 

 beautiful to see them fly to his rarely blown 

 horn, and away we went down wind over the 

 road to the right, and then we had a really fine 

 line at best pace beside the river, going as if for 

 Holwell Church. Bearing to the left, hounds ran 

 to Pulham Gorse and up to Pulham Rectory, 

 where Mr Tyrwhitt- Drake ran out to see what 

 was going on. Another slight check occurred 

 here, but Bribery and Picture soon picked up 

 the line, and we went on for Brockhampton and 

 Duntish Common. Scent was now failing and 

 we were still going down wind, but we kept on 

 nearly to Buckland Newton, where Painter made 

 a remarkable cast. With his head in the air he 

 apparently winded the fox, and running back two 

 fields he hit ofi" the line. Picture followed him 

 and also spoke to the line, but they could not 

 hold it for more than a field or two, and the 

 Master had to give up the fox after a splendid 

 gallop of forty-five minutes. As it was now two 

 o'clock, there was no chance of getting back in 

 time for the point-to-point races. 



