The errors, some of them arising from the mere alteration or
substitution of a letter, will strike a sporting more than a general
reader. Thus it appeared in the middle of the third sheet of the
_Swillingford Patriot_:
SPLENDID RUN WITH MR. PUFFINGTON'S HOUNDS.
This splendid pack had a superb run from Hollyburn Hanger, the
property of its truly popular and sporting owner, Mr. Puffington.
A splendid field of well-appointed sportsmen, among whom we
recognized several distinguished strangers, and members of Lord
Scamperdale's hunt, were present. After partaking of the
well-known profuse and splendid hospitality of Hanby House, they
proceeded at once to Hollyburn Hanger, where a fine seasonal fox,
though some said he was a bay one, broke away in view of the whole
pack, every hound scorning to cry, and making the welkin ring with
their melody. He broke at the lower end of the cover, and crossing
the brook, made straight for Fleecyhaugh Water Meadows, over which
there is always an exquisite perfume; from there he made a slight
bend, as if inclining for the plantations at Winstead, but
changing his mind, he faced the rising ground, and crossing over
nearly the highest point of Shillington Hill, made direct for the
little village of Berrington Roothings below.
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