126 Frank Beers' Diaries. [1871-72 



'* Jan. 20th. — Bye day. I had a cold, so was not out. 

 Hounds met at Bucknells, away through Stowe Gardens, 

 .and ran into him near Buckingham. Found again at 

 Foxcote, and ran to ground near Maidsmoreton. A 

 •capital scenting day. 



" Jan. 22nd. — Preston Capes. Found at Charwelton 

 osiers, and ran pointing for Fawsley ; turned to the left 

 through Hinton Gorse, with Woodford on the right, up 

 to Charwelton, and then away to Fawsley Hinton, and 

 Byfield ; finally ran to ground at Mill Spinney ; after 

 running hard for nearly three hours. Changed foxes 

 three or four times ; good scent, lots of horses tired. I 

 rode Stepaway and Ensign. Ground very deep, and 

 it was a pouring wet day. 



"Jan. 24th. — Met at Tile House. Found a lame fox 

 and killed him in the covert. Found in Three Parks 

 Wood ; ran to Stowe Gardens and lost him. Found in 

 Stratford Hill ; ran to Shalstone, straight away for Ast- 

 well ; hounds ran him from scent to view, and killed him 

 at Astwell Park. Found again in Bucknells. Hounds 

 ran there for an hour and a half and killed him. A good 

 day, but ground was awfully deep. iS couples of dogs. 

 I rode Oxford and Quinton. 



*' Jan. 26th. — Astwell Mill. Found in Allithorn ; away 

 by Sulgrave to Edgcote, on to Chipping- Warden Village, 

 b)ack by Wardington, with Thenford Gorse on the left, to 

 Halse Coppice, Radstone and Whitfield Coppice on the 

 left, across Biddlesden Park, on through Whitfield Wood, 

 and stopped the hounds. We changed foxes several 

 times, but hounds were running the whole time, and I 

 consider this to be the most severe day for horses and 

 hounds I ever saw. I never saw either of my whippers- 

 in for the last two and a half hours, each tiring his second 

 horse. Lord Charles FitzRoy assisted me nearly to the 



