24 SPORT WITH 



away over the railway and eventually stopped the 

 hounds at Ranskill at dark. Bitches, 21 couples ; 

 wind, north-west. 



February 17th, 1881. — Hounds met at Aston. 

 Found in Nicker Wood, and ran very fast twenty- 

 three minutes up to Faulkner Wood to ground. 

 Then ran the second fox from Turnshaw Quarry 

 to Nicker Wood, and thence on to Hailmary Hill, 

 on to Burnt Wood and killed him. A satisfactory 

 hour and ten minutes. Drew Brampton Gorse 

 blank and ran late in the afternoon about Anston 

 Stones, and was beat. Bitches, 15 couples. 



This season the hounds killed 33I brace of 

 foxes and ran 23 brace to ground. 



