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come across his father's second horseman. Ousting this 

 functionary from the saddle, he demanded the luncheon 

 borne on his belt, ate the whole of it with gusto and 

 celerity, and finished the day on the governors horse — 

 leaving the fond parent to go home to an early tea. Does 

 not that boy bid fair to become a Napoleon ? 



The Grafton run of Monday, December 2, 1894, began 



He finished the day on the governor's horse 



[curiously, and brought fitful fortune ni its train. The 



leet liad been at Litchborough, and the morning had 



)een spent in killing a bad fox in Stowe Wood. Quite a 



lultitude of foxes took up the attention of hounds in 



iMantels Heath ; and it was quite a quarter of an hour ere 



they could shake themselves clear of this and of its sister 



[covert, Knightley Wood. Then they dived into the valley, 



[and brought up for a moment at Snorscombe osier-bed, 



