44 AVERAGE AND WORST SEASON I REMEMBER. 



wind. With these exceptions I think we have been pretty 

 lucky. 



Season 1873*74. 



Finished our season in the Pychley woodlands on April i8th. 

 More than an average good one. Good season for killing 

 foxes, though not celebrated for any very brilliant runs, with a 

 few exceptions. A quick gallop from Alexton Wood to 

 Blaston, a very quick gallop from Walton Holt to Gilmorton, 

 and killed him. Two good runs from Norton Gorse . . . Our 

 Monday's country has done us very w^ell . . . hunted almost 

 three days every week. 



Number of days hunted since November - 63 

 „ „ cub hunting „ - 17 



Days hunted - 80 



Foxes killed since November " ' ~ 39 



„ cub hunting since November - 21 



Foxes killed - 60 



Foxes run to ground since November - - 37 

 „ „ cub hunting since November 7 



Foxes run to ground - 44 



Season 1874-75. 



Finished on April 13th the worst season I remember ; what 

 with frost, uncertain weather, dry spring and bad scents, every- 

 thing has been against us. The same, however, has been the 

 fate of all our neighbours, and also in other distant counties, so 

 that I suppose we must not grumble. Hounds have worked 

 •well and tried very hard to make out a scent when there was 

 none, and the entry has so far gone on very satisfactorily. 



Number of days cub hunting - 22 1 



„ „ regular hunting - 53 J 



Foxes killed cub hunting - - 29 1 



,, regular hunting - - 38 J ^' 



Foxes run to ground cub hunting- 22 

 ,, „ regular hunting 29 



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