As Huntsman — Leaves from his Hunting Diaries 



chase ; here they ran hard over the Park nearly to the water 

 tower, where unfortunately a terrier foiled the ground, having 

 followed the fox, and brought the hounds to a check when 

 close at their fox. I held them forward but they did not seem 

 to like it, so I thought it was wrong and went back to the 

 chase, when Vic (Lady Yarborough) came up to me and told 

 me our fox was walking dead beat by the water tower within 

 fifty yards of where we had run him. I went back, but he had 

 a long start, and hunted him slowly through the Mausoleum 

 Woods, away past Little Limber Lodge ; here Lucky Lass made 

 a good hit on the road, back to Pond close wood, through the 

 wood over the railway, then over a new-sown barley field where 

 hounds could hardly run him, and I had to give it up at 7.45 

 p.m., having run over four hours. 



"Terribly hard day. Hounds very stout and hunted 

 beautifully ; all the field except Cecil Legard had gone home. 

 (If the terrier had not foiled the ground at the Water tower 

 we must have killed him.) Wellington, Weathergage, Acton, 

 Wildfire, Tapster, Lucky Lass (Waterford's), Major Warbler, 

 all made good hits and very stout. Fifteen couples out. All 

 there at the finish except Rompish, who got away early in the 

 morning on a fox from the woods. Two hours and 30 minutes 

 with the first fox. Four hours and 15 minutes with the second 

 fox. Stopped them at 7.25 p.m. If we had killed our last fox 

 I consider it would have been one of the best day's sport I ever 

 saw : I feel convinced he had worked his way back to Pond 

 close wood, but it was too late to go as I did not cast them 

 after the last check. 



"April 23rd. Vic s birthday : Took the hounds to Roxton 

 Wood and ran for 15 minutes in the wood, then away over 

 H. Brook's farm pointing for Riby. Storm came on, we could 

 do nothing more. Found in Mausoleum Woods and ran with 



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