42 Dick Simpson^ Huntsman. 



good to hounds. Lord Southampton had a good 

 run from Plumpton, away by Woodend, with 

 Blakesley on the left, down the Vale to Kingthorn 

 Wood, in the greatest of all hurries. The fox 

 pointed for Towcester, but bore to the right 

 over Handley and Abthorpe field, hounds never 

 checking; and they ran past Barford's barn and 

 came up with their fox in the road. There the 

 hounds caught sight of him, and gained ground 

 all the way to Bucknells. Lady Strathmore was 

 going in the front throughout, on a lovely chesnut 

 horse, when the hounds went into the covert. In 

 my lady went, into a dense thicket, it was a wonder 

 that she was not pulled off ; but no ! they killed 

 the fox just inside, and she held the horse for the 

 man who took the fox away from the hounds. 

 She was the second lady I had seen go to hounds, 

 and her brilliant riding accorded well with her 

 elegant and beautiful person. During the next 

 year we heard the sad news that Lady Strathmore 

 had died abroad, having taken cold from sitting 

 on damp ground. 



Sport was very good throughout the season, 

 Simpson hunting the woodlands with a part of the 

 open country two days a week. In the following 

 season a change took place. Mr. Lowndes gave 

 up the top country, and went into Warwickshire. 



