46 SPORT WITH 



March 31st, 1885. — Met at Scrooby Top House. 

 Mattersey Wood blank. Found in the rushes by 

 Mattersey Abbey, and the hounds raced away by 

 edge of Linghurst, straight away to Belmoor Wood, 

 Twenty minutes, and a lot of grief in the ditches. 

 There was no scent on the dry fallows, so he beat 

 us. Drew Danes Hill and Blythlaw Hill blank. 

 Found by the river at Hodsock, ran to Crossley 

 Hill, Kegham End, away to his right over the open 

 to Winks Wood, on by Toadholes and Blyth Wood, 

 and getting up to him, raced away and pulled him 

 down at the Ruins. A capital gallop. Bitches, 

 14 couples ; wind, south. 



April 7th, 1885. — Met at Jockey House. After 

 drawing Gamston Low Cover blank (I had come 

 by train with Vere from Hallaton, after Melton 

 Steeplechases yesterday), found in Gamston Wood 

 away by Askham to East Markham, on for Tux- 

 ford, up to the brook, and then hunted him on to 

 Bevercotes Park. Away on from here to Nicker 

 Bush. There we had two foxes before us, but the 

 hounds raced away to the far side of Laxton Field, 

 then on to Kneesall Wood. Hunted on through 

 the woods, and back, but unluckily no one ever 

 saw the fox to give us a hft, but hounds hunted 

 him away to Kneesall Village, back towards the 

 wood. I cast on and hit him off over the turnpike 

 road down to Kneesall, and on to ground in a large 

 culvert drain, A very fine run. Time altogether, 

 three hours. Dogs, 18 J couples; wind, north-east. 



