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good runs have been seen than any other in the 

 hunt, it used to be the rule to send old Tom 

 Chambers on to wait in readiness to view away. 

 As Frank approached he would blow his horn 

 before throwing hounds in, and the plan generally 

 answered, a fox immediately leaving as old Tom's 

 musical voice sounded out of his very boots, and 

 he had a pair of the longest feet in the hunt. The 

 hounds knew the old man's " Gone away ! " and 

 always went to it, so that it was generally a flying 

 start from Coston Covert. A good day resulted 

 on January 24th from this covert to Woodwell 

 Head, away for Freeby, where the first check 

 occurred after a fine gallop of thirty-eight minutes. 

 The remainder was a fine bit of hunting on the 

 part of hounds and huntsmen, ending with a kill 

 at Stonesby, time two hours and twenty minutes. 

 Amongst the field out were Lord and Lady Grey 

 de Wilton, the Hon. H. H. and Mrs. Molyneux, 

 IMajor the Hon. and Mrs. Stirling, Colonel the 

 Hon. H. H. Forester, Mrs. Sloane Stanley, Miss 

 Turner, Sir Hugh Cholmeley, Captains Tennant, 

 Elmhirst, Boyce, Messrs. Pry or, Burdett-Coutts, 

 Henry Chaplin, Barclay, A. Brocklehurst, J. 

 Hutchinson, Westley Richards, Roy, Couturie, 

 George Drummond, the Rev. J. Mirehouse, and 

 J. P. Seabrooke. 



Amongst the horses that carried Gillard well was 

 a little bay called Gameboy, who had a little too 

 much fire to suit the aged Duke, but when ridden 

 in a snaffle and nose band he proved one of the best 

 conveyances that ever carried a huntsman. On a 



