SEASON 1883-84 



179 



village, he came sharp back into Ashwell, where 

 My. Alec Goodman, who had galloped forward, 

 viewed him dead beat, and a few minutes later 

 the " Who whoop " sounded in Stapleford Park 

 after a quick thirty minutes without a check. 

 Gillard's remark to the day's sport was, " I never 

 saw a finer field of horseman ride to hounds." He 

 had with him the talent of half-a-dozen shires. 



The number of hunting days this season was 

 145, the number of foxes killed 118. 



