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An extraordinary I'edestriau Sportsman. 



away, the ground was hard, and in many places, very 

 slippery : in consequence, I got a fall at the commence- 

 ment of the run ; and before I was again mounted, such 

 was the speed of the hounds, that I was distanced, if not 

 thrown out. However, I followed as fast as possible by 

 the marks of the horses' feet which had gone before me ; 

 #ind after riding a mile or two, I came up with the red 

 coated pedestrian already noticed ; but we did not long 

 keep company : — I fell in with him several times ; and 

 when I at length reached the hounds, owing to the fox 

 having gone to ground, I perceived that the pedestrian 

 sportsman had arrived before me ! 



I saw him whenever I met Mr. Meynell's hounds, and 

 a little inquiry furnished me with the following particu- 

 lars respecting him : — His name is Thomas White, he 

 was born at Andover, and is now about two and twenty 

 years of age. From infancy, he was much attached to 

 the sports of the field, and followed the hounds on foot as 

 soon as he was able to run. He has been known to run 

 sixty miles a day in the pursuit of the chase, taking into 

 calculation the distance of the fixture and the return 

 home. Last winter (1825), a fine dog fox was found (by 

 Mr. Meynell's hounds) at Pot Luck cover, near Willing- 

 ton : renard passed through Willington ; and, making 

 away in the direction of Sir Henry Every 's, passed the 

 ice house — thence to Ettwall — thence to Sutton on the 

 Hill and Dalbury Lees — round the covers at Radborne 

 — over the meadows to the left, crossing the Uttoxeter 

 turnpike road to Burneston. The fox then turned 

 towards Egginton, passed Sir H. Every 's dog kennel, 

 making away again for Pot Luck cover, and was killed 



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