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the Marquis of Granby being two of the large field 

 out. A fox found in Tipping's Gorse gave a sharp 

 scurry of fifteen minutes before he surrendered his 

 brush, which was presented by the noble Master to 

 Mrs. Edgar Lubbock. 



A long ding-dong gallop of over an hour 

 happened on November 15th, after meeting at 

 Newton Bar. A fox was chopped in the turnips 

 by Birthorpe, another going away past Folkingham 

 Gorse to Osbournby hill-top, where, says Gillard, 

 " it looked fifty to one on hounds killing him, but 

 a fresh one jumped up in front of the pack — or 

 rather ten couples, for seven and a half couple (with 

 the whips) were left behind at Aswarby, — and they 

 dashed over Aswarby Park, close at his brush, 

 running on to Cliff Hill and Rauceby. Here 

 they had the bad luck to again change, and after 

 a good dusting on the heath they ran to Braunce- 

 well, where, finding I had but nine and a half couple, 

 no whips, and only two sportsmen left, viz. Mr. 

 Francis Crawley and Mr. Chapman of Frieston, 

 I stopped these stout hounds. The distance as 

 the crow flies would be quite 15 miles, and the 

 fine hounds ran about 25." 



A bad day's sport round Elton and Bingham is 

 summed up as follows : " For want of scent and 

 better luck, hounds never stuck to the line very 

 well, and to make more difficulties, our fox crossed 

 a bad country — nothing but railways, drains, and 

 the river Smite." 



A stop for frost this season came before Christ- 

 mas, very few days being registered during December, 



