VISCOUNT GALWAY'S HOUNDS. 43 



SEASON OF 1884-1885. 



November 6th, 1884. — Met at Grove. Found 

 in Castle Hill Wood, ran very hard by Lady Wood, 

 Mill Hill Clump, Headon. A check here, as the 

 fox was run by a dog, but hunted him on over the 

 railway, by Gamston Village, to the river opposite 

 Twyford Bridge, and gave up as the fox had 

 crossed. Then found in Gamston Wood, away for 

 Askham, to his left quite straight by edge of Castle 

 Hill Wood, on by edge over the railway, to ground 

 by Clarborough Village, and got him out. An A.i. 

 thirty-three minutes. Bitches, 21 1 couples ; wind, 

 south-west. 



December 26th, 1884. — Met at Gringley. Ran 

 away from the Gorse towards Walkeringham, 

 round by Pear Tree Hill, skirted Clayworth Wood 

 and leaving Wheatley Wood on his right, away 

 for Wheatley Village. Turned to his left down to 

 Sturton Village. Very fast forty minutes. Here 

 I held forward and, hitting the fox off, got away 

 out of the village, on down to Fenton Gorse and 

 the Willows, and hunted parallel with the Trent 

 to the Torksey Willows. Here we got up to our 

 fox, and raced away back by the meadows to Fen- 

 ton Gorse, up for Fenton Bank, and pulled him 



