CHAPTER XVI 



Seasons 1889-90 and 1890-91 



Tlie Demand for Gillard's ^VTiippers-in — Accidents to Hounds in the 

 Field;, on the Line, and over a Cliff — Tree-climbing Foxes — Mrs. 

 Edgar Lubbock presented with a Brush — Before Christmas 

 Sport — A Ride Home on a very dark Night — A Curious Accident 

 to Mr. Edgar Lubbock's Horse— The Weight of a Fox— The 

 Election and Fox-hunting Candidates — Gillard's Coming of Age, 

 Season 1890-91— Lord Edward Manners, M.P., Field-Master— The 

 Season's Entry and Favourite Sires at Belvoir — Captain " Jim " 

 Barry presented with the Brush — An awkward 

 Accident to Mr. Cecil Rudkin — Recovery in Time 

 to win a Steeplechase — Accident to the Pack cross- 

 ing a Frozen Canal — A Day at Staunton, Mrs. 

 Phillips presented with the Brush — A Kill 

 on a Railway Station Platform, Countess 

 de Clairemount presented with the Brush 

 — A fast Spin from Coston Covert — Arthur 

 Wilson sets a Hound's broken Leg — Fox 

 up a Chimney — A Fox commits felo de 

 / se — Gillard wins the Melton Town 

 Plate with Gunbj^ 



N 



Down the Chimney. 



OT only did masters 

 of hounds look to 



Belvoir as the fountain- 

 head and home of the 

 thoroughbred foxhound, 



just as Newmarket occupies the premier position 



