SEASON 1886-87 201 



almost as long a period, the office descending 

 from father to son without any intermission, 

 Nimrod Long following the first break of the 

 Smiths. 



The number of hunting days this season was 

 121, there being ten weeks' stop for frost. The 

 pack accounted for 121 foxes, 1 badger, and 1 otter 

 weighing 26 pounds, killed in Burbidge's Covert, 

 which was set up in a glass case and put in the 

 Duke's room at the kennels. 



SEASON 1886-87 



It was a late harvest and a luxuriant autumn, 

 with a wealth of grass and tangle in the ditches 

 warranted to catch even a third -season hunter. 

 One of those who fell a victim to the blindness of 

 the country was Arthur Wilson, who took a very 

 heavy fall on to his head and was in consequence 

 laid up for a month. Hounds went out twenty- 

 seven mornings during the cubbing time, and 

 accounted for nineteen brace. Taken altogether, 

 it was a short season owing to frost and hard 

 going, but excellent sport was enjoyed during 

 November and the greater part of December, 

 hounds running well day after day. 



The opening day was bright and scentless, 

 beautiful for agriculture and outdoor exercise, but 

 too gaudy to hunt. In spite of this, hounds 

 managed to mop up a brace of fat foxes, and no 

 doubt the field enjoyed the ride round a charming 



