COxNTENTS XV 



CHAPTER XVI 



Seasons 1889-90 and 1890-91 



The Demand for Gillard's Whippers-in — Accidents to Hounds in the 

 Field, on the Line, and over a Cliff — Tree-climbing Foxes — Mrs. 

 Edgar Lubbock presented with a Brush — Before Christmas Sport 

 — A Ride Home on a very dark Night — A Curious Accident 

 to Mr. Edgar Lubbock's Horse— The Weight of a Fox— The 

 Election and Fox-hunting Candidates — Gillard's Coming of Age, 

 Season 1890-91— Lord Edward Manners, M.P., Field-Master— The 

 Season's Entry— Captain " Jim " Barry presented with the Brush 

 — An awkward Accident to Mr. Cecil Rudkin — Recovery in Time 

 to win a Steeplechase — Accident to the Pack crossing a Frozen 

 Canal — A Day at Staunton, Mrs. Phillips presented with the 

 Brush — A Kill on a Railway Station Platform, Countess de Claire- 

 mount presented with the Brush — A fast Spin from Coston Covert 

 — Arthur Wilson sets a Hound's broken Leg— Fox up a Chimney 

 — A Fox commits felo de se — Gillard wins the Melton Town Plate 

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CHAPTER XVH 



Seasons 1891-92 and 1892-93 



Reduced to a Four-day-a-week Pack — An exceptionally good Lot of 

 young Hounds by Belvoir Pirate and Ruiford Dancer — Lord 

 Willoughby de Brooke's opinion of Fallible — Boys and Girls 

 entered to Hounds — Visit of H. R. H. Princess Beatrice of Batten- 

 berg — Death of Sir Thomas Whichcote and Mourning for H.R.H. 

 the Duke of Clarence — A Burst from Coston Covert — Old Farewell 

 gives Frank a Fall — Lord Lonsdale saves Mr. Pidcock's Life — 

 Father 0'Flynn,the Grand National Steeplechase Winner — Vigilant 

 wins a Chase for Gillard at Melton — Funeral of Mr. J. Nicholas 

 Charlton — The young Hound Tapster and his End — Good Gallops 

 in November, one voted the best seen in three years — A Record 

 Stop for Frost — A Hunt in Freeby Church for a Fox — A Nine-mile 

 Point in the Fog from Aslackby to Weaver's Lodge — A Race from 

 Staunton lliorus to Normanton Covert — The best Run Gillard ever 

 saw — The Rain Register in a dry March — Leuton Brook — Two 

 Runs into Haconby Fen 1865 and 1893 . . . Page 243 



