FIFTEEN-MILE POINT COVERING TWENTY MILES. 3I 



points, more particularly I may specify the Follow Closes and 

 the Wardley Wood foxes. It has been a trying season for 

 hounds, more than for horses. I never had so few lame horses 

 or so many lame hounds at the end of the season. We have 

 left lots of foxes in the country, enough to have hunted another 

 fortnight had the weather permitted us, but the temperature at 

 the end of the season, viz., the two first weeks in April, has 

 been something fearful, the thermometer being constantly at 

 65 in the shade. Hoping we may have a better season next 

 year. I can only say good-bye to diaries and hunting 

 particulars till next cub hunting. Two misfortunes I must 

 not omit to mention happened to the establishment, viz., 

 Goddard broke his collar bone (by his horse putting his foot in 

 a rabbit hole, when I had to hunt the hounds myself), and 

 Baily, the first whip, had a bad fall over a wire fence, which 

 brought on concussion of the brain. 



Number of days cub hunting - 23 foxes killed - 22 



„ „ regular hunting 62 „ „ - 38 



Number of foxes run to ground cub hunting - 10 



„ „ „ regular hunting 37 



Season 1865-66. 



1865. 



From November 14th to 23rd we had the best six days in succession 

 I ever remember. 



1866. 



January ist. Met and found a fox at Gumley — thermometer 40 — 

 like spring ; ground deep. Ran to Laughton, out for Bosworth, 

 Mowsley, Saddington Reservoir to Gumley Gorse, where they 

 killed. On to Bosworth Gorse, from whence ran a fox (or 

 foxes), for 2 hours 35 minutes, when it got dark and we gave up. 



Wonderful Day — i5 = MiIe Point covering 20 Miles. 



February 26th. Met at Saddington. Found a brace of foxes at 

 Jane Ball : one went away for Shearsb}- ; we follow^ed the 

 other to Knaptoft, pointing for Kibworth Sticks, over the earths 

 at Kibworth Hall, and they ran into him after a very good 

 50 minutes. Went on to Walton Holt, told of a fox that had 

 just gone by the covert, got on to his line, ran very slowly 



