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fresh fox, which took us back to Witham Wood, 

 where we lost, so there was nothing for it but 

 to divide the packs. We had no difficulty doing 

 this, Wilham Neil riding one way and I the other, 

 our hounds following each of us." On a former 

 occasion in 1881, when the Belvoir and Cottesmore 



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nearly clashed out hunting, three hounds of the 

 latter pack joined the Duke's. One of these was 

 Prodigal, and Gillard saw him do such capital work 

 that he rode over to Barleythorpe the next non- 

 hunting day to look at him on the flags, and 

 arranged for a visit. He was an extraordinarily 

 good hound, and was bred at the Milton kennel, 

 being in the sale list when a draft of the Fitz- 



