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respite for our horses, as the severe pace 

 throughout was telling on some of them 

 considerably ; but, on the contrary, our gallant 

 fox improved his pace, and still hounds flew 

 before us, leaving Shanks on the left, heading 

 for Rodgrove, near which we had a momentary 

 check, but they recovered the line in a hedge- 

 row, and were through it and over the lane and 

 up the opposite bank in a moment, and over the 

 pastures at the back of Marsh Farm. Still, on 

 they went, over dinger Farm and through some 

 invaluable gates, due to the kindness of Mr. 

 Grant Dalton, and here we came to a check, 

 and a fresh fox jumping up deprived the hounds 

 of their well-merited reward, and the Master of 

 the pleasure of handling his fox, for though he 

 perseveringly followed a line by Weston Wood 

 and into Quarr Hollow, he could not account for 

 him, and I believe, had he gone on much further, 

 not one of us could have followed, so pumped 

 were our horses by this really fine, fast run of 

 one hour and forty minutes, over a splendid 

 country, and embracing every kind of fence that 

 the keenest sportsman could wish for. Falls 



