Word: remounting
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Dates: during 1874-1874
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...place to the hounds. The lead was taken by a lady, whose horse cleared the fences beautifully, and the last one we saw her over, an unusually high brush fence, was left without a visible touch, while the next rider was cast headlong from his saddle. He managed to remount, and the party kept on behind the hounds. Into the woods at the same breakneck pace they went, until they were finally out of sight, and we could only judge of their movements by the cries of the dogs and the notes of the bugle urging them on. After...