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left, then to Daventry Town end, to the right over 

 Newnham fields, towards Weedon, along the Meadows, 

 nearly to Everdon Village, over the Brook through 

 Everdon Stubbs, Snorscombe Mill, and Badby Wood, 

 over, round, away again past Newnham, to ground in the 

 Earths at Daventry. A capital run. Found again in the 

 Laurels at Fawsley ; hounds flew towards Charwelton, 

 turned sharp to the left, as hard as ever I saw them go, 

 then to Hogstaff to ground in an old tree. I rode four- 

 year-old (Hollywood), Prince Charming, and Comrade. 

 22\ bitches. 



'' 1888. Feb. I oth.— Whitfield. In Radstone Fields 

 got on the line of a fox, ran him past Brackley 

 Union, down the railway, nearly to Brackley Station ; 

 turned away for Hinton-in-the-Hedges, to the left over 

 the ' Barley-Mow ' road, to the Halls ; lost him in a very 

 unsatisfactory manner; got into a hole somewhere, 

 no doubt ; from the pace hounds ran he must have been 

 completely pumped out. Found at Halse Coppice, went 

 away over the road for Helmdon ; the fox turned quite 

 short to Radstone and thence to Brackley Grange Farm ; 

 bore away back to Halse, over the bottom, Whistley 

 on the right, to Falcote, Astwell Mill, about a field- 

 and-a-half on the left ; down to Wappenham ; and. 

 killed him in the village. One hour and fifteen minutes ; 

 as good a run as one wants to see ; and over a very stiiT 

 country. 19^ couple bitches. I rode Tom Moody and 

 Miriam. 



''March 14th. — Blisworth Station. Found in Tiffield 

 Allotments, away pointing for Roper's Gorse, turned 

 over the railway, Gayton Village just on the right, 

 pointing for Eastcote ; to the left, as if for Tiffield, over 

 the road to Duncote ; lost him near Bushey End. Found 

 again in Easton Neston Gardens; at a rattling pace they 



