34 BIG FIELD HARBOROUGH BALL. 



enormous fields out on bad scenting days, have rendered our 

 sport not so good as, with the wet season, we had a right to 

 expect. 



Number of days cub hunting - 27 killed 30 

 „ „ regular hunting 67 „ 42 



Total run to ground - 25 



Season 1867-68. 



A Qood Day. 



1868. 

 February 6th. Met at Kibworth Hall ; a tremendous field — for the 

 Harborough Ball — looked more like a stag-hunt than anything 

 else. Drew Sheepthorns and all the Langton Spinnies blank. 

 Found at Langton Caudle, ran almost to Glooston, bore to the 

 right by Cranoe . . . over Welham Road, by the river 

 side, over the bridge, over the railway at Medbourne Bridge, 

 over the Ashley Road, and they ran him to ground on Ashley 

 Hill after a very good 50 minutes. Put a terrier in, bolted, 

 and killed him. Drew Slawston blank ; found at Keythorpe 

 Wood, ran almost to Goadby, back through Hallaton Wood, 

 over Hallaton bottom, through Ram's Head over Turnpike . . . 

 over Tugby Road, ran head up to Rolleston Corse, through 

 Noseley Wood, where they ran on through Noseley Lodge 

 plantations, over Stonton Brook, up to Stonton Wood, through 

 Glooston Wood and away again for Keythorpe Wood, when 

 we had to stop as it was dark, and they had been running 

 2 hours 20 minutes. 



Resume of Season, 1867-68. 



We finished on 4th April the worst season I have had, 

 which, with the stormy weather, the absence of scent, and the 

 unruly fields of horsemen, combined with the badness of the 

 foxes in the Monday country, we could never secure a run of 

 sport. Of course we had a few good days. The Tuesday 

 country showed us the most sport and the best foxes. 



The Master meets with a Serious Fall. 



I was laid up with a bad fall from the 24th December, and 

 missed three days' hunting. " Slouch " fell with me at the 



