ELEVEN-MILE POINT IN I HOUR 1 5 MINUTES. 33 



Season 1866-67. 



The best days may be shortly summed up as follows : — 

 November ist, 1866, Great Stretton. Found an old fox at 

 Glen Gorse, no check for 25 minutes, then only one for a 

 minute, raced their fox the whole way, killing in i hour 15 

 minutes, the distance on the ordnance map being 11 miles; we 

 must have covered at least 15. 



The brush of the fox which gave the field so good a run 

 is to-day in as good a state of preservation as when severed, 

 and is treasured by Mr. Tailby, amongst many other 

 trophies of the Chase. Its ivory handle bearing the 

 inscription : " Glenn Gorse to Launde Park Wood, 

 November ist, 1866. i hour 15 minutes." 



On 1 2th November, Shearsby ; tremendous field out. Found 

 brace of foxes in John Ball, ran one towards Saddington, up to 

 Fleckney, by the canal to Saddington ... by Smeeton to 

 Gumley, but did not kill, found again, ran by Lauton but lost 

 him, drew an osier bed near Smeeton ; found, went away up 

 to Gumley Gorse . . . ran up to Lauton Hills running 

 very hard, and there we found the Pj^tchley Hounds, having 

 come from Brampton Wood ; the hounds joined in and killed 

 the fox together. Very good 45 minutes. We have no doubt 

 it was our fox ! ! ! 



8th December, Barrow-on-the-Hill. Capital day, running 

 2 hours 45 minutes, and killed our fox in the Cottesmore 

 country. 



27th December. Met at Stackley. Found Glenn Gorse, 

 ran very hard by Stretton Hall . . . and to ground. 



**One of the Finest Hunting Runs I ever saw, covering 30 miles 

 of ground — 3 hours 25 minutes." 



The above is the description of a run from Dalby Spinney 

 (met at Somerby, 2nd February, 1867). 



Summary. 



Neither good nor bad season. Weather extremely wet, and 

 yet the scent as a rule has not been good. Wind and storms 

 have been our greatest enemies, and these, combined with the 



