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never stirred. I never hear such a thing, and Will 

 and Dick they tell me the same. Wasn't it sing'lar ? 

 It seemed as he wanted to be ketched. But they 

 didn't. They sent him round The Oaks very hard for 

 a quarter of an hour, then away by Grimsthorpe 

 Castle, through Kickly Wood to Dunsby Wood, then 

 they got among a lot of fresh foxes, and he had the 

 hounds stopped. It would be a good twelve miles 

 they fan altogether. Then he took 'em to Cottes- 

 more, and Lord Lonsdale gave him a capital day from 

 Owston Wood. 



We musn't forget poor Sir Harry, sir Harry Good- 

 When he come of age, he hunted with "'^k^- 

 Mr. Smith at Lincoln. Mr. Grantham, his uncle, was 

 there too ; Mr. Smith give up the hounds that season, 

 and Sir Richard took to them ; then Sir Harry come 

 to Leicestershire, in Mr. Osbaldeston's time. Mr. 

 Holyoake and him first met on the moors ; then Sir 

 Harry come to Ketton, and after that they two took 

 stables at Melton together, first where Lord Wilton's, 

 and then where Mr. Coventry's is now. He was a 

 strong resolute man, but he couldn't ride like Mr. 

 Holyoake ; he was first man at one time, was Mr. 

 Holyoake, for a twenty minutes' thing ; to see him 

 ride Brilliant — my word — Mr. Ferneley's got such a 

 picture of him on him, shoving the fox along ; a rich 

 dark chestnut ; such a countenance ! such an eye ! he 

 had him from Newmarket. It would be seven or 

 eight years before Sir Harry took the hounds ; he 

 wouldn't do it till the country gentlemen had had a 

 reg'lar meeting at The George, to offer it to him ; they 

 were right pleased to have him. There was a hare 

 and a brace of pheasants every year for the farmers 

 from Clermont ; that 'ud be his place in Norfolk ; and 

 so quiet with the stockingers, he had 'em at a word. 

 " Now, my good fellows, you ve quite as good a right to 

 see sport as wc have ; do get back a little and keep 

 quiet!' That was the way of him ; and he'd give 



