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snatched from the frost on IMarch 5th, the meet 

 being Hose Grange. The turf was in such order 

 that a horse went as if upon springs, and a scent 

 vouchsafed in dusty JNIarch, giving a burst over 

 green Leicestershire, is a little gift from paradise. 

 A find was proclaimed in Sherbrooke's Covert, 

 hounds crossing the Smite, making for Hickhng, 

 inclining towards Old Dalby and Holwell JNIouth, 

 keeping in the vale until Piper Hole Gorse was 

 reached. Here a shepherd dog coursed the fox, 

 and spoilt all further chance of sport, after a 

 good run lasting one hour and fifteen minutes. 

 The second gallop from Goadby Gorse was the 

 better of the two, being a brilhant fifty minutes, 

 ending with a kill. The Hne taken was past 

 JNIelton Spinney and Waltham Ashes, up the 

 Chad well Valley, the brook being jumped three 

 times in quick succession. Hounds threw up by 

 the railway, and after casting about they winded 

 him in an ash tree, quickly puUing him out 

 of his hiding-place — a fine old dog-fox, with a 

 well-tagged brush, which was presented to Lady 

 Gerard. " No check of any importance occurred 

 throughout this splendid gallop, for when the fox 

 turned a bit sharp the pack cast themselves before 

 the field could catch them up, and went running 

 on. When this fox was roused in Goadby Gorse 

 it was a quarter past four in the afternoon, so that 

 only a few remained to see it. Those who went 

 well were Mr. Leatham, who had a fine stud of 

 Yorkshire -bred horses, ]Mr. Praed, INIons. Roy, 

 JNIr. Edgar Lubbock, Mr. Birch, Mr. Saunderson, 



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