A FOXHUNTING JOURNAL 6i 



Beale; Bob and Mrs. Strawbridge; Harry W. Harrison; 

 Dave and Mrs. Sharp; the Misses Dolan; Fred and Mrs. 

 Sturges; Miss Hopper; Mr. Bodine; "Billy" Kerr; Harold 

 Wilcox; Ben Holland; Clyde John; and "Pick" Harrison. 



Saturday, 5th February, 19 16 

 "All the world loves a lover," and the M.F.H. sat on his 

 horse "Oviat" and thought a moment, at the meet at 

 White Horse, after "Bill" Evans told him of all he had 

 seen this morning. 



It seems there was a vixen with three gentlemen friends 

 in Evans's meadow, also the three gentlemen seemed a bit 

 quarrelsome (no, not with the lady, but just among 

 themselves). 



It was finally decided that the fair vixen might possibly 

 spare us one of her gentlemen for the day, so the two packs 

 (Kirk's hounds were meeting with Radnor), twenty- 

 seven and a half couples in all, started in that direction, 

 and sure enough there stood a fine big dog fox on the top 

 of the hill. When he saw hounds, he swished his brush up 

 and galloped off right-handed, but he must have taken 

 extra pains with his toilet this morning, in anticipation of 

 seeing his lady love, for he left no scent; hounds could do 

 nothing with him at all. 



Then a second fox was viewed away, and hounds 

 settled on his line immediately, carrying it up-country to 

 the Malvern Barrens; but Mr. Fox still kept his girl in 

 mind, for he turned in the Barrens and came back to 

 Fairy Hill, ran through the covert and took us fairly flying 

 back to Evans's meadow, made a bit of a circle there to 

 look the situation over, and pointing his mask towards 

 Cathcart's Rocks, but keeping it on his left, ran back to 

 White Horse, on to the Meeting House, right-handed 



