. The cream of Leicestershire : eleven seasons' skimmings, notable runs and incidents of the chase, selected and republished from "The Field" . EN WINTER. Xext winter you will pass witli me ; Ill haveMy house by that time tmned into a graveOf dread despondence and low-thoughted care,And all the dreams which our tormentors are. And well have tiresTo thaw the six weeks winter in our blood. 1874 closed about as im-l)iopitioiisly as it well could,so if the New Year is tobe a happy one, it will atall events start with theadvantage of contrast, andis sure of a heartier Avel-come than usual. Mr. Tail
. The cream of Leicestershire : eleven seasons' skimmings, notable runs and incidents of the chase, selected and republished from "The Field" . EN WINTER. Xext winter you will pass witli me ; Ill haveMy house by that time tmned into a graveOf dread despondence and low-thoughted care,And all the dreams which our tormentors are. And well have tiresTo thaw the six weeks winter in our blood. 1874 closed about as im-l)iopitioiisly as it well could,so if the New Year is tobe a happy one, it will atall events start with theadvantage of contrast, andis sure of a heartier Avel-come than usual. Mr. Tailby found thesense of inaction so unbear-able that he even antici-pated the tliaAV, determinedon seeing the old year out inl^roper fashion, and, actingon Capt. Thomsons theory,that hounds, and houndsonly, ought to be consideredin determining when hunt-ing IS practicable, betook himself to the chase on Thursday,December 31st. The day Avas one of the most^ bitter ofthis unfriendly winter; and it would appear his defiance ofit must have actually shamed the clerk of the Aveather intoa less forbidding humour, for the latter changed his tactics. Season 1874—ro.] A FllOST BROKEN WINTER. 143 the veiy next da^y. The ground behig inches deep in snow,there Avas little fear for the hounds; hut had accident be-fallen an\ of the little band who rode with them, I questionif thej^ could have persuaded the insurance companiesthat this feat did not come under the head of the unre-cognised extraordinar} risks. We nearl}- all insure inLeicestershire now, by the way. Tliere is something verycomforting, even to the most romantic mind, to know thatwhen you are wincing under a squeezed rib you are therebyearning an honest penny; while, as for some few brittle indi-viduals Ave could name, they make a handsome yearly additionto their income by this means. It has been proposed to thecompanies that the}^ should extend their operations to ourstuds; but to this they one and all allege that tliey are not at
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