_Huntsman_ (_seeking a beaten fox_). "Now then, have you seen anything
of him?"
_Cockney Sportsman_ (_immensely pleased with himself_). "Well, rather!
Why, I've just driven him into this drain for you!"
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[Illustration: "WHILE YOU WAIT"
"Here, my good man, just pull those rails down. Be as quick as you can!"
"Take 'em down, miss! It'll be a good four hours' job, for I've been all
the mornin' a-puttin' of 'em up!"]
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[Illustration: ECHOES OF THE CHASE. BOXING DAY
_Holiday Sportsman_ (_to Whip, who has been hollering_). "Where's the
fox?"
_Whip._ "Gone away, of course."
_H. S._ "Gone away! Wotcher makin' all that noise for, then? I thought
you'd caught 'im!"]
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[Illustration: EASILY SATISFIED
_Gent_ (_who all but dissolved partnership at the last fence_). "Thank
goodness I've got hold of the reins again! If I could but get my foot
into that confounded stirrup, I should be all right!"]
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