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beyond, after a very fine run of 2 hours 30 minutes ; 15-mile 

 point. 



Bad Accident to (ioodall. 



February i8th. Met at Ridlington. Found at Manton Gorse, said 

 to be a vixen ; went as far as the brook and came back ; left 

 her. Goodall got a bad fall at a double post and rail. Found 

 again at Wardley Wood, ran over the hill to Uppingham, over 

 the road, along the bottom up to Glaston Gorse, away for 

 Wing, by Manton Station, through Preston Spinney, up to 

 Ayston Spinney, where we lost him after a very good gallop. 

 Found again in Alexton Wood, ran through Wardley Wood, 

 over the Turnpike up to Preston village, away as if for Glaston 

 Gorse, bore to the right, ran the Glaston Road, back to the 

 Ayston cross roads, where we lost him after a very good 

 gallop. 



Best Run of the 5eason — i hr. 2a min. — distance 15 Miles. 



March 17th. Bye-day, could not hunt yesterday on account of the 

 snow ; drew Norton Gorse and Shangton ffolt blank. Found 

 a disturbed fox at Stonton Wood, ran by Glooston Wood, bore 

 to the right over Cranoe and Glooston Road, through Dent's 

 Spinney, over Stonton and Cranoe Road up to Langton Caudle, 

 where they caught him after a good 20 minutes. Found again 

 at Langton Caudle, went away very fast, over Cranoe Road, 

 through Dent's Spinney, left Glooston village on the left, 

 Glooston Wood on the left, through Rippon's stackyard, by 

 Hallaton Wood over Hallaton bottoms, down to Old Key- 

 thorpe, up almost to Keythorpe, back again down the hill for 

 Keythorpe Hall, by the stables, over the Turnpike, skirted 

 Loddington Redditch, up to Launde Big Wood, straight through 

 it (time 52 minutes, distance 9 miles). Here we changed 

 foxes, ran along the gulley, left Launde Park Wood on the 

 right and the Lodge on the left, along the hog-back half way 

 to Ridlington, turned down the hill by Belton Spinney leaving 

 B'elton on the left, over the Uppingham Road, by Alexton 

 Mill, and they ran him to ground within a field of the mill in 

 another 30 minutes, making i hour 22 minutes. Good run ! ! 



