1877—78.] 



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Our runs and our gallops are over for a time. That a burst 

 with hounds is a thing worth living for remains to us as a fact 

 proved and positive — but a fact that for a while must be held 

 in abeyance and cherished only in memory. The cry of six- 

 teen couple — the dash of a twenty-minutes scurry — the 



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exuberant and excited companionship of the chase, must stand 

 over till another autumn. The dawdle of the Park, the plea- 

 sures of Ascot, the whirr of the grouse will take its place ; but 

 hope will often glance forward to Cream Gorse and Ranksboro', 

 while thought will frequently recur to the crippled favourite at 

 home, whose last overtaxed effort has doomed him to blister 

 and the iron. 



