78 RADNOR REMINISCENCES 



Blabon; J. S. Wain; Ned Dougherty; Rowland Comly; 

 Harry and Miss Barclay; Ben Holland; William Evans; 

 Julian Biddle; Mrs. Devereux; Howard and Mrs. Henry; 

 and Jack Potter, first whipper-in to the Brandywine. 



Wednesday, 22nd November, 1916 

 After the rather disappointing day the Middlesex hounds 

 had on Monday, our hopes for better scenting conditions 

 to-day were not very high, as we left for the meet at Brom- 

 all at nine o'clock. 



It was clear, dry, and dusty, and, to make matters 

 worse, a faint, southerly wind; but a fair-sized field turned 

 out. 



Higginson and his servants were on bays, as was Will 

 Leverton to show him round. The first draw was Marsh's 

 wood, below Bromall, where as usual the fox was viewed 

 away over the meadows. Hounds opened to the line beau- 

 tifully, carrying it on across the brook and over the road 

 into Mullin's farm, where scent was very catchy, hounds 

 working well, but slowly, on down Mullin's meadow into 

 his wood, where instead of turning left-handed as usual, 

 they went on through the wood and across the road into 

 the State Farm, and on across the new cemetery property 

 to a field north of the Eagle Road, where scent failed com- 

 pletely. After a couple of casts, hounds were taken back 

 into the Butler Farm, drawing the Leedom Mills Wood and 

 on through to Moore's, and into Wild's wood, where the 

 Middlesex second whipper-in holloaed another fox away. 



Hounds being lifted to the view, carried it over the Law- 

 rence Road into Dr. Chamber's, and on to Marsh's wood, 

 where our first find had been, but, owing to the extreme 

 dryness, could do nothing further with it, and, after sev- 

 eral fruitless casts, hounds were taken to McCullough's 



