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others going on to Stapleford Moor, where they 

 were stopped. No one went better than the 

 veteran INIr. Brockton and his third daughter riding a 

 thoroughbred, the three sisters being feather-weights, 

 and hard to catch over a country. Mr. Brockton 

 lived at Farndon, on the banks of the Devon, a 

 sterhng good sportsman who made his mark as a 

 rider between the flags, besides owning several 

 horses of note, Victor Chief being a sire of many 

 winners on the flat and over a country. In the 

 furtherance of hunting interests his services have 

 been invaluable. A great fox-preserver himself, he 

 dehghted to convert those who were not, and 

 generally won his point with the aid of a present in 

 the shape of a pig or the use of his stud horse. 



The big day of the season came on December 

 15th, when seventeen couple of the dog pack found 

 a fox in Lord Bristol's Plantation, and quickly ran 

 him to ground by Temple Bruer. Speedily ejected 

 from his hiding-place with the help of a rocket, he 

 ran past Ashby-de-la-Laund, through the Thorns to 

 Kirkby Green, where he was headed by plough 

 teams and turned sharp back. With patient hunt- 

 ing they followed on by Blankney gardens, and 

 kiUed him very tired near to the kennels, making a 

 capital finish to a run of one hour and fifty-five 

 minutes. Hounds that came in for particular 

 notice during the run were Fencer and his son 

 Fenian, Stainless by Fallible, Gainer, Gambler, 

 Glancer, Flyer, Newsman and Worcester. The 

 brush of this good fox the Duke had placed in the 

 glass case at the kennels, containing two other 



