!,sK ME. JAMES MONTGOMERY. 18.> 



the last (lay for the haveing beoii out «iiiee Rco-ular Hnutiiig lUOl days 



(sic) iV Killed 70 Foxes & ran 26 to ground <t left them had 2 Blank 



Day^. 



April ;{(nli ISiS Ed Stevens. 



W'l' have not beard of anything iv.'«f"'nil)!ing Stevens 

 1001 (lays sinee the 1001 nights in the ••Aral)ian Nights." 



SEASON 1848-49. 



Aiiijifst \~th 184S. — Bt^g-an Cuhhiniting Whent to Chesterton wood 

 Fonnd a good Show of Cubs it ran tliere 4 hours A; Killed one. 



Last day of Cul)liunting October 28tli. Haveing been out ;>(» times 

 .V: killed 2.') Cubs & ran 12 to ground A: Left them. 



Ocfoher 3(>f/( first day of regular hunting. 



Kiiicton Kennel. — Found in Pool Field gorse A: van thnmgh Chadshunt 

 g(n-s(> Fletchers Copi)iee Itchington Holt A: Ijy the back of the village to 

 Cliosterton Poole over Harbnry Field to Wliitnash gorse Turned A: was 

 lioaded at tlu^ Railroad & W(^ ran verey hard into the village of Harl)ury & 

 Lost liiui a lumr & a half good Hunting run Found again in Atkins gorse 

 A ran to Fh-tehers Coppices was Heach^d at the road Back through the liolt 

 over Kiiightcote Field Leveing North End to the right Skirted the end of 

 Burton hill over Fenney Compton Field to ground at Farnlxirougli a hour 

 and T) miniites. 



(ifli Xc)rJ)oM Pacij. — Found in Oakley wood A: ran a ring over Teachbrooke 

 Field it Back through tlm wood A: away l)v Mr. Cummings & Heatheutt to 

 ground under a Tr»H^ at Middleliill Left him Found again 2 brace of Foxes in 

 Chesterton Wood & ran in the wood half a hour & away by Mr Smiths A: over 

 Mr W Pratts Farine by Jessy Bradleys through Itchington holt by Gihnans 

 & l)y Mill pit over the Railroad to Ladbrooke village was Headed Back 2 

 Fields A; Killed him 4U minutes frome the wood very good Hunting run. 



~th November, Stevtms" notes — ■'there wos 3 or 4 brace of Foxes running 

 aboute "" rou..;! Idlic(»te House. 



\'-)fh OffcTiurcli Btn-tj — Foun<l in Print hill A; Broak away Pointing to 

 Snowfoi-d Bridge eurv(Ml to tlu! right by Oft'church Wafe to Radford hill 

 was Head at the road Si ran l)ack by the Brooke through the Bottom of 

 Itchington wood & a ring by Stoneythorpe & Back into the rough A: away 

 over Mr (Davis ?) Farme & over tlie Warwick road & the Duuchnrch road 

 A: over Southam Field Pointing to Roomlow Spinney &. curved to the I'ight 

 Pointing to Napton A: Killed him on the Southam A: Daventry road after a 

 lutur \ 2.") minut(!s good Hiuiting run. 



\\\' have receive(.l an account of the same run from 

 i^ord Mountgarret, and through Mr. James Montgomery, 

 and it is descril)ed as much more severe than it is recorded 

 to have been in Stevens' diary. It relates that after finding 

 in Print Hill the hounds ran as far as Berricote Wood and 

 ])a('k again by Oifchurch. After that time no one else was^ 

 with the hounds up till the finish except Stevens and Mr. 



