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FitzRoy's new covert blank. Found a good fox in 

 Stoke Park, and ran away at a good pace to Roade Hyde, 

 leaving Plane Woods on the left, to Blisworth, through 

 Tiffield Allotments to Mr. Ridgway's Gardens, across 

 Mr. Elliott's Farm to Greens Norton Allotments, over 

 the road to ground at Duncote. A capital run, and the 

 fox was viewed dead beat before the hounds for three 

 fields. Such a blinding rain storm came on that the 

 hounds were prevented from running into him. I 

 rode Oxford and Newgentstown, the latter carried me 

 capitally. 18^ couples mixed. 



" Nov. 28th. — Radstone. The Duke's first appearance 

 in the hunting field since his illness. Everybody pleased 

 to see his Grace out, and nobody more so than I, Frank 

 Beers. 



'' Found a good show of foxes in Brackley Gorse ; 

 went away with one to Gooseholme, was headed back, 

 and hounds killed him in Gooseholme. Found another 

 in the gorse, ran away very fast along the railway 

 nearly to Greatworth, by Halse Village, leaving Radstone 

 on the left, straight to Biddlesden Gardens, where he 

 crept in dead beat ; we could never touch him again. 

 This was a good run, and hounds had a bit the best 

 •of the horses all the fore part of it. Found again in 

 Whitfield Coppice, but lost him. 17^ couples mixed. 



" Dec. 5th. — Foxley. Found in Grub's Coppice, ran 

 to Astcote Village, Caldecote, over the road to Duncote, 

 where they ran into him. Found in Astcote Thorns, 

 and went away at a capital pace to Tiffield, back to 

 ground, close at him at Caldecote. Found again in 

 Grimscote Heath, ran into a drain near Mr. Ayers's 

 house at Potcote, bolted him ; he ran about six minutes, 

 hounds racing him all the way and ran into him. 

 17 couples mixed. 



