SEASON 1878-79 



133 



On another occasion I set old Peter going at a 

 wide beck by Bottesford, and just in front was 

 Mr. John Welby, who did not stop for much in 

 those days. However, he did not like the look of 

 it, and held up his hand for me to stop. I might 

 as well have tried to stop the sun in its course as 

 turn old Peter's head when set for a fence, and he 

 jumped it with a foot to spare. Old Mr. Fisher 

 of Orston followed on, and I think he was the best 

 of the farmer division to hounds that I ever knew. 

 The last good thing of the season was in the cool 

 of the afternoon on March 19th, after a hot and 

 unprofitable day's sport. We found our fox in 

 Melton Spinney and ran well with an improving 

 scent by the brook to Scalford and Old Hills, 

 nearly to Melton, where he turned. The pace 

 improved with every yard of the journey as we ran 

 by Thorpe Arnold and the Broom Cover, and we 

 killed near Waltham Ashes, putting a good finish 

 to a very nice gallop." 



The number of hunting days this season was 

 112, and 101 foxes were killed. 



WATCHMAN, BY NOMINAL WHIMSICAL. 



