52 HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS. 



Palmer, Sir B. and Lady Florence Dixie, Sir 

 Henry Des Voeux, Mrs. Sloane Stanley, the 

 Messrs. Story, Miss Story, Captain and Mrs. 

 Barnett, Mr. E. Chaplin, Miss Elmhurst, 

 Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Molyneaux, and 

 hosts of others. 



Cream Gorse did not keep us long waiting, 

 and a fox was quickly away. He headed at first 

 for Ashby Pastures, and most of us thought it 

 was his point; but he turned towards Kirby 

 Lodges, and then ran slowly towards Kirby 

 Bellars. Here pug again turned and ran nearly 

 to Cream Gorse. The riding now over plough 

 was simply killing, the rain of the last hours 

 having been so sharp as to render the " going " 

 worse than ever. Though the pace was not 

 fast, the field " tailed " tremendously, and when 

 they got on grass, with stiff fencing, a large 

 number of falls from pumped horses was the 

 result. They skirted the Brookby Spinneys 

 and ran merrily towards Queniborough. Before, 

 however, crossing the road, they iDore to the 

 left, and skirting the village of Gaddesby, 

 carried the line to a large field above the Hall. 

 Here, from information received, hounds were 

 not allowed to persevere, as it was suspected 

 that a vixen was before them. Queniborough 

 Spinneys were blank, and a move was made to 

 Barkby Holt. The new covert was tried, and 

 a fox immediately found ; but scent in covert 

 being bad, it was some minutes before Reynard 

 could be induced to break. At last he did, and 

 hounds being quickly on the line, they raced 

 at best pace in the direction of South Croxton. 



