ILLNESS AT DOWN HALL. 1 83 



period of anxious suspense. While the ilhiess was at its 

 heij^ht and Lad\- Ibbetson was in imminent danger, the 

 hounds were stopped from December 14th to the 22nd, 



1883, while Sir Henry was not out from December 5th, 

 when the patient was first taken ill, till January 23rd, 



1884, when it is needless to state, the master's reappear- 

 ance at the covert side was the subject of the warmest 

 congratulations. 



The hounds were out on 7 i days and killed 59 foxes. 

 The bitches for the first time headed the other pack by 

 killing 34 foxes and running 18 to gnjund. 



Bailey notes two good days' sport in November. On 

 the 2 1 St, they "found a good fox in Mr. Pane's coverts; 

 had a capital torty-five minutes and killed him as he was 

 jumping into the Blackmore Woods, bound a second lo.x 

 in Mr. Fane's coverts and had a capital hour and thirty 

 minutes. Stopped hounds at dark." 



On November 26th they " fouml a brace of good foxes 

 at Hvde Hall, and had a trood huntini; run over by Hatfield 

 Heath towards Hatfield Town, to the right by Lancasters, 

 leaviny; Man Wood on the left ; came close bv Matching 

 Green, Newmans End, through the Gorse, and killed him 

 in the brook at Down Hall. Mr. Bevan had the brush; 

 Lord Brooke had three falls, but stuck to the finish." 



