98 SPORTS AND ANECDOTES. 



Holywell Hall, with a suitable description of the 

 case written on the handle. 



The vixen to whom this sad and curious accident 

 happened lived for some years, and whenever she 

 was found, the chances were that she led them a 

 dance, for, having only half a brush to carry, she 

 was, as I have heard pretty often said of other vixens, 

 "light in the tajl," and she could go the pace with 

 less distress than with a whole brush. She eventually 

 met with a still more serious contretemps: she was 

 chopped in Newhall Wood, and I was sorry when I 

 heard the news of my old friend's death, when I 

 was told, " We've chopped the bob-tailed fox." 



Times are, indeed, changed, and many things take 

 place now that were never thought of in the days 

 long ago. Most gentlemen would ride to covert on 

 their hacks, and, having got off them and discarded 

 their mud-boots, would mount their hunter, and having 

 got as much out of him as they conscientiously could 

 do, would either, having put up their hack at some 

 appointed place, ride home on him, or, more probably, 

 ride their hunter home, which, if he was tired, and a bit 

 sticky after his day's amusement, was a great bore. 



Some rich swell would sometimes have his groom 

 in livery riding along the lanes, and keeping his 



