142 Frank Beers' Diaries. [1875-76 



"Jan. 27th. — -Met at Wicken Village, Wicken Spinneys 

 and the Thornton Spinneys, Foxcote Wood, and Mr. 

 Robart's little covert blank. Found in Mrs. Pilgrim's 

 Wood ; off at a great pace through Stowe Park, and the 

 gardens, to Guernsey Hill, Chackmore, back to Mrs. 

 Pilgrim's and Stowe Park, to ground. Found again in 

 Tile House Wood, away through Mrs. Pilgrim's down to 

 Lillingstone, short back through Tile House Wood, 

 Stowe Ridings, over the grass, nearly to Three Parks 

 Wood ; through the top corner of Whitfield Wood, away to 

 the Biddlesden cross-roads, pointing for Westbury Wild, 

 ran between the W^hitfield Coppices, through Whitfield, 

 through the Clergyman's Garden, up to the Brackley 

 Road, at last ran within a field of Whistley W^ood, along 

 the flat ; they raced along and ran from scent to view, 

 and bowled him over at Astwell Park Farm. This has 

 been a most capital run, and very satisfactory time, an 

 hour and thirty minutes. I rode the Grey Mare the 

 whole time, could not get my second horse ; she carried 

 me capitally, but very beat to finish. 



'' Feb. 15th. — At Preston Capes. Found in Hinton 



Gorse ; went down by Woodford, through Ganderton 



Spinney, up to Church Wood, killed him ; fifty minutes 



best pace. Found at Canons Ashby, ran through 



Plumpton Wood past Blakesley Hall to Seawell Wood 



on to Foxley, past Caswell to Bradden Ponds, through 



the spinneys, on for Greens Park, nearly to the lower 



coppice of Plumpton Wood, back through Blakesley 



V^illage, away to Bradden Fields, over the brook, up 



the meadows, and ran into him near Blakesley Church. 



2 hours and 35 minutes, as good a hunting run as one 



•could see. 



1875-76. 



Aug. 30th, 1875. — Began cub-hunting. Went out 



