36 FOXES ALL FLYERS. 



country would not stand four days a week, so that in the 

 latter part we had to hunt only three days. I never knew 

 the foxes so good. The season ends early, 27th March, as 

 the country is exhausted, though the ground rides w^ell, and 

 there is a deep snow on this day. We have killed a fair 

 average of foxes, and have had more than a fair average of 

 sport. It seems an anomaly to finish hunting with a deep 

 snow on the ground, but w^e must look to the future as well as 

 the present, and I hope we may have as good a season next 

 year. 



Number of days cub hunting 23 Regular hunting - 76=99 

 Foxes killed - - - 25 Foxes killed - - 37=02 

 Foxes run to ground - - 9 Foxes run to ground 40=49 



R^sum^ of Season 1869-70. 



One of the worst seasons I remember. What with frost, bad 

 scent and dry ground, we never had any succession of sport, 

 and never killed so few foxes. They were very plentiful, and 

 we have left a good stock for another year, which I trust may 

 be more successful. 



Number of days cub hunting - ^° \ qt 



„ „ Regular hunting- 71 J " 



cub hunting - - 20 ) 



regular hunting - - 2g ) ^^ 



I cub hunting 



Regular hunting 4 



Season 1870-71. 



Foxes killed cub hunting - - 20 ) 



Foxes run to ground cub hunting - ^ \ a^ 



Clinking Run from Norton Gorse. 



1870. 

 October 25th. Met at Norton-by-Galby. Found a good show of 

 foxes in Norton Gorse, got away with one, ran by Galby down 

 to Frisby, by Allen's Lodge, up to Billesdon Road, over 

 Skinner's farm, bore to the left over the brook into the brook 

 meadow (on own farm), left Skeffington Vale on the right, by 

 Gardener's cottage, over Skeffington High Fields, running very 

 hard, over the Turnpike by Lord Berner's farm building, away 

 as if for Loddington Redditch, headed to the right, over the road 



