1884-85] Frank Beers Diaries. 171 



Weedon Bushes just on the right, to Weston Village,, 

 over the road to Weston Wild, and they ran fairly into 

 him near Moreton Pinkney. I rode Traveller, Thistle, 

 and Tenbury, three as good and as fine performers as a 

 man could ride. The bitches, 16^ couples. 



" 1885. Feb. 28th. — Sootfield Green. Found in 

 Wicken Wood ; ran into the Forest all about the 

 Wakefield side, then nearly to Wicken Spinneys, down 

 Leckhampstead Fields, short back through Wicken 

 Spinneys to Shrob and Old Stratford, through Passenham 

 osier-bed ; they ran over the brook, fast along the 

 meadows, over the river, Beachampton to the left, 

 Furzen Field to the right, over the Nash road, pointing 

 for Whaddon, but turned to the right, up into Nash 

 Village, and killed him in an orchard there. Mr. 

 Lowndes' hounds were drawing Beachampton Grove, 

 and they heard me halloo, ' Whoo-hoop ! ' and Bentley,. 

 the Huntsman, thinking it a ' view halloo,' brought his 

 hounds, and someone told him where he had last seen 

 (our) the fox, but forgot to tell him our pack had gone 

 on as well. Bentley had his hounds on the line of our 

 pack and hunted slowly (^ dog hunt dog') up to the very 

 place w^here we had broken up our fox ! Several of our 

 Field had not left the spot, and to their astonishment, 

 found a different huntsman and pack of hounds come 

 on the scene, as they chaffingly said ' to pick up the 

 fragments ! ' Poor Bentley had to stand no end of 

 ' chaff,' which was not easily digested by him. 



''We found again in Wicken Spinneys, ran over the 

 river, through Thornton osier-beds, away up through 

 Furzen Field to Beachampton, back to Thornton and 

 Wicken Spinneys, stopped them at dark. A very hard 

 day for hounds. I rode Paragon and Jenny Jones. 

 The dog pack, 17 couples. 



