A September Gallop 



in the field, excited by the unwonted commotion, 

 come careering along the fence-side with " head 

 and tail aloft," but the good horses we are 

 riding are striding along and require no sharpen- 

 ing up, and we are well away and galloping our 

 hardest by the time the loose horses have pulled 

 up at the rails to stare stupidly and longingly 

 at the receding chase. A gate is handy at the 

 far side of the field, and then an easy fence gets 

 us into the field joining the w T ood, and just as 

 the whipper-in is making the best of his way 

 round the far corner we draw up our horses, 

 quite pleased with our little " dart " over those 

 three fields. 



But barely have we pulled our horses up 

 when the whipper-in's " forrard away " tells us 

 that the fox has not done what was expected of 

 him, and we are galloping hard again in another 

 minute with the pack a good field ahead of us. 

 A few gates help matters a little, and the inside 

 turn helps us a little more as we ride on gaily 

 for other nine or ten minutes with hounds well 

 in sight all the time. Then comes a check, and 

 as we ease up for a moment we are quite pleased 



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