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the left, almost close to them. Hickmorton's right 

 away beyond , I'm the worst fellow in England to 

 remember hounds' names ; I never took no notice of 

 them ; no matter to me what they were, as long as they 

 went fast enough. This 'ere very cover, The Freeby 

 Freeby Wood, I mind Sir James Mus- Wood Burst. 

 grave comes up to me ; I was on Red Nose, the very 

 horse of his I tackled Lord Cardigan with ; he says, 

 " Mind you get a good start r so I look out pretty 

 sharp. There were nearly two hundred with the 

 Duke's that day ; such a crasher over the Lings to 

 Croxton Park wall, in sixteen minutes ! I was head 

 man all the way ; Sir James was on his old grey 

 Baronet. Lord Gardner, Mr. Maxse, and Sir Harry 

 — he was on Limner — were the only ones near me. 

 Sir Harry shouts to me to open a gate, and I jumps 

 it and then turns round and laughs ; " Hang you,'' he 

 shouts, ''that's the zvay yon. open gates, is itV It was 

 a good five miles ; regular coursing ; severe jumping. 

 Goosey and me have had much conversation about 

 that run ; it's talked of to this day after dinner. 

 That's Piper Hole ; those trees over the hill, it's just 

 at the top of the Vale. Mr. Musters run a fox from 

 Colston Carr to it, when I was with him one day. 

 Weaver's Lodge and Newton Toll-bar is also great 

 meets with Will. I don't know much about his 

 horses ; I've seen him on a cropped one he thought 

 a deal to, and Catch-me-who-can ; that's the very 

 name. They all say there never was ^ ^^^^ ^^^ 

 three such clipping huntsmen in Leices- 

 tershire at one time as Will, and Jack Treadwell, and 

 Mr. Tailby's man — I can't just think what they call 

 him — Jack Goddard, that's it. Such ones to go, too ; 

 none of the gentlemen can overhaul 'em. I should 

 like to see them three have a fair go at each other 

 over that Clinker and Clasher ground. They'd make 

 short work of it. That's a capital cover, Goadby 

 Gorse, yonder ; Goosey had his biggest run from 



