14 FIRST ADVERTISED MEET. 



chance being Walton Holt again, — a. second time this week, — 

 we soon found ; he broke at the bottom and ran quickly by 

 Bosworth Gorse, leaving it on the left, up to Laughton Hills ; 

 the hounds worked well, but as we had been all over Laughton 

 Hills before, the ground was foiled — we did no more good — 

 went home, satisfied with the second day, 



November 24th. Met at Holt. (*First advertised meet.^ 



Then comes a fine description of "A Good Day," in 

 which the Master seems to have had it pretty well all to 

 himself. 



December 26th. Met at Keythorpe on day after Christmas Day. 

 Very hard frost ; thought there would be no hunting, but as I 

 had come all the way from London to hunt, thought I would 

 try. Met at 12 o'clock; found it would do; rode Chieftan. 

 Found at Vowe's Gorse — no scent — ran slowly up to Lod- 

 dington Reddish and lost him. Went to Keythorpe Wood, 

 found a fox had gone away before we got there ; ran his line 

 slowly up to Glooston Wood, where we got on better terms 

 with him, the scent quite changed for the better ; got away 

 quickly from the Glooston Wood, left Hallaton Wood on the 

 left, over Hallaton Bottom as if going for Vowe's Gorse — pace 

 very quick — he got headed in the Vale, turned back over 

 Hallaton Bottom again across the Hallaton and Goadby Road, 

 pointing for Hallaton, turned to the right for Vowe's Gorse, 

 where we had the first check after twenty-five minutes' rattling 

 pace — (alone with the hounds up to this time and very well 

 carried) — hit the scent off on the road, across Vowe's great 

 close, over Dexter Farm, across the Blaston Road, by Dusley's 

 Spinney up to within a field of Holt Wood, when, as it was 

 nearly dark, we had to stop the hounds, though they very 

 richly deserved their fox after the best run I have seen this 

 season of i hour 30 minutes. The company much pleased, 

 though 1 think it was only distance that lent enchantment to 

 their view ! Roughly speaking I was never better carried, 

 and saw the whole of it. 



1857. 

 January 5th. Met at Norton-by-Galby. Rode Stargazer ; frost 



* This date assumed some importance in the controversy which ensued upon 

 the resignation of Mr. Tailby. 



