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catching scent over deep ploughs. Left them at 

 Olney. Very cold ; thunder and lightning, and 

 snow at Yardley Hastings. Rode home with Britton, 

 Sanders and Horsey. Met Fred Welch at North- 

 ampton station and returned to Hazelbeech. 



7th. — Cowper's Oak, Oakley Hounds. John 

 Horsey mounted me on a nice young black horse. 

 Rosie went to Leamington steeple-chase with Bay 

 and Mrs. Middleton. Hounds ran well. Tom 

 Whitmore got a bad fall ; hurt his knee and had to 

 go home. Met R. at Rugby ; dined with the 

 Beatties, and slept at the George Hotel. 



8th. — Atherstone Hounds at Coombe. I rode 

 " The Rake " ; sent him home. Oakley let me ride 

 his big horse. Elmhurst lent me a black mare which 

 I rode into Rugby. 



9th. — Cliff. Atherstone point-to-point race. 



loth. — Left Cliff, and went to George Hotel, 

 Rugby. 



nth. — Castle Ashby, Oakley Hounds. Rode 

 Horsey 's black horse. Lawrence hunting the 

 hounds. Ro rode the roan. Mr. Tanqueray was 

 out and bought the roan. Left him at Horsey's 

 stables, and sent him to Tanqueray's on Mon- 

 day. Went to London on Monday to Bill and 

 Clayre. 



14th. — Hertfordshire Hounds at Hatfield. 

 Sworder M.F.H., with a top hat. Tanqueray lent 

 me roan horse. Charles Harris, huntsman. Dog 

 hounds light in condition. Found in the park ; good 

 cry and good scent ; ran hard. Harris nice voice 



