156 RADNOR REMINISCENCES 



I was rather glad when I saw the wind was from the 

 south this morning, for the ground was much too hard and 

 icy to have to gallop over very fast; and, as it turned out, 

 scent was just catchy enough to keep hounds well to their 

 noses, so by keeping on the inside of the circle one could go 

 along at a nice hand gallop, yet keep right alongside of them. 



The meet was at the Happy Creek Farms barn at 

 eleven o'clock, and at twelve minutes past eleven hounds 

 spoke to a cold line in Mr. Harrison's big field, carrying 

 it slowly down the meadow and across the brook up the 

 opposite hillside and on into Calvert's Wood; then, cross- 

 ing into Bioren's Swamp, turned left-handed at the 

 Newtown Road and ran quite fast across John Calvert's 

 into Mr. John Brown's wood; crossing the creek, keeping 

 the mill on their left; they ran on into Mr. Harrison's 

 meadows again, and, swinging left-handed, went through 

 Hector McNeal's and Dr. Bartholomew's. Crossing the 

 Leopard Road into the Leiber Farm, they sank the vale 

 into Lockwood's Hollow, going on over George Pepper's 

 into the Delmas place, where, at quite a check, several of 

 us pulled out and came home, having had an hour and 

 twenty minutes. 



There was only a small field out, including the Master; 

 Miss Ellen Mary Cassatt on "Greymaster"; Miss Alex. 

 Dolan on Arthur White's grey; Miss Harriet Brown, of 

 Baltimore, very beautiful and riding a chestnut of Frank 

 Lloyd's; Ned Dougherty on his chestnut mare; and Nelson 

 Buckley and Henry Collins. 



Saturday, i/^th February, 1920 

 After having been stopped by snow and ice since January 

 13th, hounds met at the kennels at one o'clock to see if 

 they could run on top of the crust of the snow, and possibly 



