As Huntsman — Leaves from his Hunting Diaries 



go to form and keep together such a fine pack as the 

 Brocklesby, and prepare himself for what he finally became, 

 joint M.F.H. of the Cottesmore. 



Leaves taken from his Diary read: "Meet: — Hendale 

 Lodge. Horses out Victoria (Lady Yarborough), Dumpling ; 

 Maunsell Champagne. Weather fair wind, S.W. Foxes 

 killed i. Dog Hounds. First rate morning. Tremendous 

 cry and we ran hard for nearly four hours. Great many foxes. 

 Many cubs on foot and at last ran into a cub ; capital day for 

 hounds and they richly deserved their fox. Dryden seemed 

 to tire. Voucher, Slack, Wonder and Rarecat did a lot of 

 work." 



11 Meet : — Caistor Gate. Horses out Victoria Trumps ; 

 Maunsell Sandboy. Found several old foxes and ran very 

 hard by Swiss Cottage and Foxdales to Brampton over W. 

 Frankish's farm through Newsham Wood out by Limber 

 School and through Cunnygreens (the wood the rooks deserted) 

 to Swallow cross-roads and into the woods at Swallow Wold, 

 ending over Caucas bottom and lost him near Pelham's Pillar. 

 Hard morning for hounds and unsatisfactory not getting any 

 cubs. All the young ones (hounds) did well except Ariel." 



" Meet : — Brompton. Horses out Victoria Dumpling ; 

 Maunsell Sandboy. Found directly and ran very hard for an 

 hour in the woods. We got a cub away across the Searby 

 corner, and ran him very nicely to Grassby Top, turned to the 

 left and killed him in Clixby — thirty-five minutes. The young 

 hound entered well. Weathergage made a good hit just before 

 killing the fox." 



"Meet: — Swallow Vale. Horses out Victoria Trumps; 

 Maunsell Champagne. Soon found plenty of cubs and stalked 

 them round the Vale. Into Henholes and back to the Vale, 

 and killed in three-quarters of an hour. We found again in 



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