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liigli, and the dltcli beyond was quite wide enough to 

 satisfy the G. N. H. Committee ! The feat lias not only 

 ■created its little sensation within and without the walls of 

 Melton ; but has stimulated the young blood of the city 

 to a new excitement. The annual Hunt Steeplechases 

 had all but been abandoned. Now a fresh course has 

 been chosen and approved, the meeting is to come off in 



'• HE TOOK THE OFFICE AT ONCE." 



April, and a chariot-race over three miles of fair hunting 

 country will form the not least exciting event on the 

 card. 



Monday, February 19th, brought the Quorn back to 

 what has become quite their normal average — a great 

 ■days sport. The ten flying minutes in the Vale, with a 

 fox just bolted from a drain, need scarcely be counted in 

 the record of the day. But the next performance — 

 another extremely fine gallop from AVelby Fishpond — 

 was of very different mark. Let me preface that the 



