1 86 Frank Beers Diaries. [1888-89. 



down Newnham Vale, over the hill through Upper 

 Weedon, over the brook, and on nearly to the top 

 corner of Everdon Stubbs. The fox was headed back 

 and met the hounds, they ran him in view down the hill 

 again, then bore away over the hill for Weedon, and 

 into Stowe Wood, and killed him after an hour and 

 five minutes without any check, hounds running very 

 hard all the way. The best run of the season. After 

 trying Maidford Wood, Seawell Wood, Grimscote Heath, 

 Grub's Coppice, and Bushey End, all blank, gave it up. 



''March 31st. — Tile House. Found in Stowe Ridings, 

 and killed him. Then found at Hop-yard, a brace of 

 foxes, stopped them from running the vixen ; got them 

 on to the dog fox, which had got a good start, they 

 rattled along through Hatch Woods to Biddlesden, over 

 the brook nearly to Whistley Wood, turned short to the 

 right, leaving Syresham and Crowfield on the left, over 

 the road running by the side of the Towcester road for 

 some distance, and at last hounds bore to the left by the 

 side of the brook, over it — a good jump — past Syresham 

 Windmill to Astwell Park ; turned to the right to> 

 Thomas's Wood, through Bucknells, past Charlock Farm, 

 down to Handley to the railway at Green's Norton ; 

 through Kingthorn Wood to Bradden, along the bottom 

 to Slapton, through Bucknells, Crown Lands, Hatch 

 Woods, Biddlesden Wood and Park, and killed him in 

 Biddlesden Gardens. Three and a half hours ; for 

 hound work I think it was the best hunting run I ever 

 saw. Dog-pack with a few bitches — 17^ couples. 



1888-89. 



1888. — During cub-hunting killed twenty-eight foxes. 

 " Nov. 1 2th. — Stowe-Nine-Churches. Found in Ever- 

 don Stubbs ; ran a line to the Lodge on Banbury and 



