A Run ivith the Qitorn Hunt. 57 



sending liis rider headlong before liim, to the 

 great amusement of the Quorners. Lucidly 

 neither man nor horse was much hurt; they 

 were soon on the go again, and joined the 

 rest. After a severe run the fox was yiewed 

 close before the hounds, under a high up- 

 right spiked gate, which Sir Bellingham and 

 Sir James Musgrave tried to lift off the hooks. 

 Whilst they were thus employed Mr. Smith 

 came up, when the General carried him over 

 the pales beside the gate, and he was the 

 only one in the field when the fox was killed. 

 Presently Sir Bellingham and a few others 

 came up, when the baronet offered the brush 

 to Mr. Smith, saying — 



^' Tell the Hampshire lads that I can kill 

 a fox here, though I didn't kill many among 

 them.'' 



Sir Francis Burdett was present, and see- 

 ing the brush in Mr. Smith's hand, he, in 

 the most quiet and kindly manner, advised 

 him not to take it, saying — 



