VISCOUNT GALWAY'S HOUNDS. 29 



Castle Hill Wood. Dogs, 15 couples ; wind, 

 south-west. 



March 3rd, 1882. — Met at Gringley. Drew the 

 gorse blank, found in Saundbj^ Park, and regularly 

 raced across Bole and Wheatley Fields by Mee's 

 Farm, straight up by Mormon Wood side to Cad- 

 dow Gorse in only twenty-nine minutes ! On 

 through it and across where Old Norwood used to 

 stand, and ran into him before he could get to 

 Castle Hill Wood. Forty-five minutes — A.i. Then 

 ran another good fifty minutes from Castle Hill 

 Wood all round the Grove Woods, but lost by 

 Hayton. Dogs, 17 couples ; wind, east. 



March 15th, 1882. — I was gazetted Colonel of 

 the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry. 



March 24th, 1882. — Hon. George V. A. Monck- 

 ton born. 



The hounds finished hunting on March 31st, 

 having had a very good season's sport, and were 

 only stopped three days by frost. I did all the 

 cub-hunting, except one fortnight at the end of 

 September myself this year, whereas, as a rule, I 

 only take the hounds myself for two days in Don- 

 caster race week, and then regularly from about 

 October loth, so I had 77 days' regular hunting 

 and 36 cub-hunting. 



