CHAPTER XII. 



FRANK BEERS' DIARIES {Continued). 



1882-83. 



"In the year 1882, the Honourable George Douglas- 

 Pennant (now the second Baron Penrhyn) undertook 

 the Mastership of the Grafton Hounds, which were 

 kennelled at Wakefield. The horses stood at Tow^- 

 cester. 



1882. Sept. 5th. — Commenced cub-hunting; out 

 thirty-four mornings and killed thirty-three foxes. 



Nov. 6th. — Began regular hunting at Grafton Regis. 

 Had a famous day which was reported in the Field ; 

 killed a brace of foxes. 



" Nov. 2gth. — Castlethorpe. Found in Gayhurst Wood; 

 away to Tattle End, to the right leaving Stoke 

 Goldington Village to the left, over the brook, over 

 Ravenstone Brook ; Weston Underwood to the right, 

 up to the Chase, into Ravenstone Wood, straight through 

 the Chase to Warrington and Olney Hyde Farm, to 

 Lavendon Grange, to " Cowper's Oak," over the railroad 

 to Olney, back to Lavendon Grange, and lost him. 20 

 couple dog-hounds, and they worked capitally. I rode 

 Rossiter and Paragon. 



