FOUR YEARS' SPORT 



WITH THE 



Blackmore Yale Hounds. 



November i8th, 1884.— 



Since the opening meet these hounds liave 

 had fair sport, considering the nnusnally hard 

 state of the ground, which has made the riding 

 most unpleasant to all who felt how much 

 depended on their horses' legs for their future 

 enjojnnent. But in spite of that, and the blind 

 state of the ditches, which have had no rain, and 

 till lately, no frost, to clear them, some good 

 gallops have been enjoyed, and good days will 

 be remembered — to wit, one from Shanks House, 

 where Mr. Grant Dal ton provided a good break- 

 fast and an equally good show of foxes, one of 

 which, running a semi-circular line from close to 



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