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Title: Mr. Crop's harriers
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Bowers, G
Subjects: Horses Fox hunting
Publisher: London : Day & Son
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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the land-agent, who cant hold his big chesnut, andtherefore 7nust go, and a few more. Were on a fox, I believe, says Dragon, bustling alongon one of his famous New Forest ponies. Crop thinks so too, and sends the bay horse atShooters neat little fence, separating his grounds from a large turnip field. Five-and-twentyminutes nearly straight is the result, and to earth in a bank at the side of Crackers Wood, toBolters amazement, who has also been treated, and rides furiously. About cooked, sayshe, leaving the young bay horse, with heaving flanks and shaking tail, and running to the bank,where Marplot, Eestless, and Mermaid are investigating matters with the master. Worth allthe hare hunting, says Hawthorn, but what will the foxhound people say? A Bye Day with the Hubricane. Mrs. Korpe-Korpe sends Brow^ser a telegram to say her hounds will be at LinkwoodCommon on Friday. Will he come with his friend ? Of course he will, says Crop, and insiststhat Bolter be sent on with the horses. (as J
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^\\jL^ n:v\M/»^cccvNju \ (29l A clinking run. An hour and a-lialf. Only one check, when hounds ran up to the stagin a mill-pond. Crops brown horse has left off pulling long before this, and at Larkington Downshalf the field are far behind, and Browser is not to be seen; Mrs. Korpe-Korpe and Mrs. Galloperthe only ladies at this point. Nobody asked for a second deer. Not even Sir Horsman Dogger,the eminent surgeon, who is devoted to stag-hunting. Why, says he, if the foxhounds hadsuch a ran, they would talk about it for a month! Of a lai-ge field, all are missing but aboutten or twelve. Four of the Spreadaboiit ladies were lost half-way, but nicked in afterwardswith the artfulness of the sex. Mrs. Cutemdown appears with her velvet cap on one side,and a dab of mud on her cheek. Miss INIatchem saysshe was misled by Miss Cahiree at the Downs, andpoor Mrs. Hasbeens hat came off, and she had to carryit in her lap for miles. Crop is delighted with the run, the hounds, andthe widow. What beco

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