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Congleton and Newcastle-under-Line. The
horses which had performed the stage were
taken off and separated when Sir Peter War-
burton’s fox-hounds were heard in full cry.
The horses immediately started after them with
their harness on, and followed the chase until
the last. One of them, a blood mare, kept the
track of the whipper-in, and gallantly fol-
lowed him for about two hours over every leap
he took, until Reynard ran to earth in a neigh-
bouring plantation. These spirited horses were
led back to the inn at Monk’s Heath, and per-
formed their stage back to Congleton on the
same evening.”

‘They must have been very spirited animals,
Uncle Thomas.”’

“While we are talking about horses hunting
without riders, Boys, I must not omit to tell you
about one of the most curious instances of this
kind that I dare say ever happened.

“The late Duke of Richmond kept some
hunters in the county of Sussex. A monkey,