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of the field having a stern chase. Nearest to 

 hounds, tliough never within half a field of them, 

 was William Gale, so well known between the 

 flags. Lord Charles Bentinck, Mr. de Winton, the 

 Rev. J. P. Seabrooke, Mr. Edgar Lubbock, Mr. 

 V. Hemery, Mr. H. T. Barclay, with Gillard and 

 his two lieutenants, Harry Maiden and Sam 

 Gillson. Hounds did not falter for a moment 

 as they streamed by Wymondham, but nearing 

 Woodwell Head they checked slightly, and gave 

 the crowd the first opportunity to catch their 

 leaders. The pack were soon away again in the 

 valley below Market Overton and Teigh, but at 

 Edmondthorpe the gallop was over. The time from 

 Buckminster Park to Woodwell Head was twenty- 

 three minutes, with another seventeen minutes to 

 the check at Edmondthorpe ; " the record " from 

 the first two points named is seventeen minutes, 

 which is pretty good proof of the excellence of the 

 gallop under consideration. The pack for the day 

 was 18 J couple of the big dog hounds, and the 

 horse that carried Gillard so well up to them was 

 " the Miner," a bay with always a leg to spare, a 

 big, bold jumper, but one who was "a bit nappy" 

 to ride. At the end of the season, when all the 

 hunt horses were sold, the Miner only fetched 12 

 guineas ! 



The next day we had a pretty bit of cross- 

 country work across by Irnham and Ingoldsby, 

 the gallop being led by Mr. Soames and Mr. E. 

 Lubbock, whilst of the lady division INIiss M. 

 Heathcote was to the front for the Belvoir, and 



