VISCOUNT GALWAY'S HOUNDS. 105 



SEASON OF i^ 



December 2nd, 1898. — Met at Sturton. Found 

 in Fenton Gorse and ran to Burton Willows ; then 

 back all the way up the meadows round to Cottam, 

 up for South Le vert on, but he turned short back 

 to his right, and they killed him by the Trent-side, 

 opposite the Red Cliff, in one hour and twenty 

 minutes. Then found in Rampton Thorns and ran 

 round by Treswell, but eventually he beat us in 

 Rampton Village. Bitches, 19J couples ; a high 

 west wind. 



December 15th, 1898. — Met at Serlby, before 

 the Serlby Ball. A large field out. Found in 

 Breckswood, and ran a ring all round by Scrooby 

 and Ranskill, but he beat us. Then found in the 

 Ruins and ran very fast over the Scrooby Hills by 

 Bishop Field, up to Blythlaw Hill Road, down to 

 his left by Barnby High Covert. Then on to Bab- 

 worth and up to Walker's Plantation, on by the 

 Great Central Railway up to Morton, but he ran 

 us out of scent between Broom Wood and Manton. 

 Dogs, 18 couples. 



December 30th, 1898. — Met at Grove. Found 

 in Castle Hill Wood, ran about and to ground in a 

 stick heap near Retford. Then found in Treswell 



