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herd dog coursed him, causing a slight check, and 

 the pack divided by Burghley Wood. With the 

 main body Gillard held on to Greetham Wood, 

 where the run ended, for the whipper-in came on 

 with the information that the hunted fox, stiff as a 

 stake, had entered Burghley Wood. This fine run 

 lasted one hour and seventeen minutes, and those 

 to the front all through were Lord Grey de Wilton, 

 Lord Carrington — one of the smartest and best to 

 hounds, who, the following season, became Master 

 of the Cottesmore, — Lord Wolverton, and Mr. 

 Beaumont Lubbock. 



The best run of the season, combining pace and 

 distance, was on February 20th, from Colonel 

 Willson's Gorse by Brandon, hounds going over 

 that fine country below Fulbeck and Leadenham 

 to Wellingore Gorse — in the opinion of the late 

 Sir Thomas Whichcote the biggest line to ride 

 in the whole hunt. The river Brant was crossed, 

 and turning by Stragglethorpe, he came back 

 to his starting - point, which was reached in 

 an hour from the time of finding. Too game 

 to stop, this stout-hearted one led the way for 

 Willoughby Gorse, where Gillard viewed him 

 very beat. Struggling on, he nearly reached 

 Syston Park, when the pack fairly raced from 

 scent to view, killing in the open, thus ending a 

 fine hunting run of two hours and forty minutes. 

 The distance hounds ran was nearly 24 miles, and 

 the pace at times was very severe. 



Though the Duke passed many a good horse 

 on for Gillard's riding, he would never take one 



