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back through the Gardens to Nun Wood and Plane 

 Woods, and to the cutting at Roade, where the hounds 

 all went over, I got down with both whippers-in and 

 ran with the pack through the Cutting northwards. 

 Two express trains being due, we expected the hounds 

 to be cut to pieces every minute, but we managed to get 

 out of the dreadful place just in time. Two trains, one 

 each way, dashed through half a minute after we had got 

 the hounds out ! I never had such an anxious time I 

 think. All's well that ends well ; for we finished the 

 day with the best run I ever saw on that side of the 

 country. After this we found our hunted fox in Tififield 

 Allotments, and soon killed him. Found our next fox in 

 Nun Wood, and, after a clipping run, killed at old 

 Wolverton. Only about a dozen got to the end, including 

 two ladies ; one, Mrs. George Barrett, the jockey's wife, 

 had the brush. 



'^ April 5th. — Hartwell. Found in Ash Leys Gorse, 

 and went away rapidly towards Courteenhall Grange, 

 turned short to the left, and ran at best pace to Courteen- 

 hall Church ; headed down the Park northwards, in view ; 

 hounds ran hard to Quinton, up to Salcey Forest, 

 through the clears and across the Lawn, into and 

 through both Horton Woods, Ravenstone Wood to the 

 left, down the fields towards Ravenstone, back to the 

 Chase, away again, over the open, down to Ravenstone 

 Village, and ran into him in the village grocer's shop, and 

 killed him there. As we were running by Ravenstone 

 Wood, we met the Oakley Hounds, running the reverse 

 way : we were at the same time at one end of the field, 

 they at the other ! Lord Spencer, Goodall, his huntsman, 

 and Isaac, the first whipper-in, were out. It proved 

 rather a lucrative business for the old lady who kept the 

 shop, for Lord Penrhyn and Lord Spencer, besides 



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