1875-76] Frank Beers' Diaries. 145 



Found another in Canons Ashby Ponds, ran (a ring) 

 to o"round at Evdon. I rode Eo-mont and Clansman. 

 17J couples bitches. 



'' March 3rd. — Found in Whitfield Coppice, killed 

 one in covert. Away with another to Westbury to ground. 

 Found again in Brackley Gorse, away some distance 

 parallel with the railroad, turned to the right pointing 

 for Halse, leaving Radstone fir plantation to the left, 

 Whistley Wood to the right, away to Syresham, straight 

 through Crown Lands, the back of Silverstone Village, 

 Charlock and Hanley, to the left, over the Towcester 

 road at Swinne} -ford, along the brook side to within a 

 field of Towcester Union. This gallant fox here was run 

 from scent to view, and run into. As fine a run as I 

 ever saw ! an hour and thirty minutes, twelve miles from 

 point to point. A large Field out, but very few in at the 

 death. We then found an outlying fox on Montgomery's 

 farm at Heathencote, and had about seven minutes in 

 view all the way, and ran him to ground ; another fifty 

 yards would have been the death of him. I rode Grev 

 Mare and Newgentstown. 17^ couple bitches, including 

 a few small doe hounds." 



\_Note. — I always thought this the best run I 

 ever saw from Brackley Gorse. I never saw 

 Frank Beers to greater advantage in getting 

 through the woods (Crowa Lands), I watched him 

 narrowly. We caught sight of the fox a mile 

 before we caught him. At this point I thought 

 Frank perfect, he never lost his head, and enforced 

 silence at the end of a run when he could. — 

 J. M. K. E.l 



