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of the horsemen were left free to run Redcoat in the open land further to the north. This time Redcoat led the chase four miles to the east, keeping perhaps half a mile from the roadway and the men on the highway followed in the road paralleling his course, feeling sure that he would sooner or later try to cross to the mountain. But, he came back for the entire distance to the Holcome farm before he attempted to make the crossing to the mountain, but here he found the horsemen spread out and waiting for him. In fact, they had been able to follow his run for the better part of the way and had seen him several times in the distance racing across the open fields. So, Redcoat had to turn back eastward again and go all over the eight weary miles. It was much warmer on this day than it had been during the first run. This made the running harder on both the fox and his pursuers. By the time Redcoat had once more reached the Holcome farm he had covered nearly sixteen miles and was all but spent. He must do something; either he must shake off his