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memorable occasion, Gameboy cleared a very wide 

 deep drain by Haverholme, and when in the air 

 Gillard saw Mr. Tom Hutchinson and his horse at 

 the bottom of it working their way up to find a 

 place to get out. Mr. Tom Hutchinson was so 

 delighted at the sight of Gameboy flying over, 

 that he shouted out, " I have a great mind to get 

 out the same side I came in, and have a try at it 

 again ! " 



February 21st with the small pack at Stonesby 

 was a day worthy of the traditions of the month. 

 A traveller was unkennelled from the Gorse, 

 running a ring round Newman's Gorse over the 

 Rectory lawn at Waltham back to Stonesby Ashes, 

 where the pack divided and ran hard in covert 

 before they again united. Opinion had it that 

 hounds got away with a fresh fox, and he led them 

 at a rattling pace, past Garthorpe, crossing the 

 brook midway between Saxby, leaving Stapleford 

 three fields on the right. The railway was crossed 

 near to Whissendine, and the fox with hounds 

 close at him popped into a rabbit hole. First one 

 hound then another got hold of his nose, but the 

 roots of the fence prevented the pack getting fairly 

 at him, and his punishing white ivories paid them 

 back with interest. After about ten minutes of 

 this give-and-take business he bolted of his own 

 accord, and ran three fields before they caught him, 

 making a good finish to a grand run of one hour 

 and twenty-five minutes. The brush was presented 

 to Mrs. Cecil Chaplin riding her well - known 

 hunter " Pebble," a dark brown mare with white 



