THE HISTORY OF THE BEL VOIR HUNT 



not as yet regain my strength, but hope soon to do so and 

 get out again. 



" I remember the runs you allude to from Normanton 

 Thorns very well, when you killed on Harrowby Hill top. 



" There is one I think you have forgotten — Lord Cardigan, 

 who, not quite up at the finish, was very near it. And I 

 remember he and I went one ring, when they turned back 

 from the Grantham and Lincoln road, and ran into the 

 vale again, nearly as far as Gunnedy Moor Gorse, and no 

 one else attempted it, but remained on the hill top till we 

 came back again. 



" I was away the day you had a dog given you by Sir R. 

 Sutton in the Loddington country, when you had those two 

 magnificent runs. 



" I sent your letter to Lady Forester, who was greatly 

 pleased with it. 



" Hoping you and your family are quite well, 



" I remain, yours, etc. 



" Rutland." 



The name of Cooper still lives in the Belvoir country, and 

 his good qualities are inherited by another Jem Cooper, who 

 was till lately huntsman to the Warwickshire hounds. 



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