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Paddy Carr and Kenyon, and ran pretty hard ; got 

 wide of them and went home then. 



1st February. — Dined with Sir Thomas and Lady 

 Boughey near Nantwich. 



2nd. — Burley Dam, South Cheshire. Had a nice 

 run ; got very hot, and lost a shoe ; very cold wind, 



3rd. — Seedy, and stayed at home. Snow began 

 and lasted till 1 3th, when we left Nantwich and went 

 to Coton. There was a little snow at Althorpe 

 Park station, where we arrived at three o'clock ; the 

 horses did not arrive till 5.30. Heavy fall of snow in 

 the night and next day drifts four feet deep. 



1 6th. — Rode to Althorpe station with Ro. 

 Kimberley relieved. 



17th, — John Cooper and Buckmaster came to 

 see me, and Cecil Legard. 



19th. — Isobel and I started to ride to Brampton to 

 see Harry Sanders. Torrents of rain ; sat in the 

 coach-house at Miss Langham's ; borrowed a horse 

 rug and galloped home. 



20th. ^Ro went to Hillmorton and met us at 

 Catthorpe. On Wednesday, 21st, snow almost 

 gone ; floods out. Pytchley Hounds at Catthorpe ; 

 drove dog-cart ; got there late. Hounds had found 

 and ran to Cave Inn. Like fools we galloped on to 

 Coton, and all round it ; meantime hounds had ^one 

 back. Isobel's saddle was wrong, so had to stop at 

 Mr. James's farm ; followed them to North Kil worth, 

 but never got up to them. My horse seedy going home. 



23rd. — Naseby. Rode on and got there with the 



hounds. Saw Oldacre on foot at the meet. Fen- 



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