46 MR. TAILBY's last DAY AS MASTER. 



Resume. 



The 6th April saw the end of a not very satisfactory season, 

 good runs we have had and very long tiring days, the ground 

 up to the horses' hocks. The country full of foxes — too many 

 — so that each day -when we had one half-beat, up we had 

 another, and so on all day and every day, the result being that 

 we did not kill so many as usual. The field terribly inter- 

 fering, so that I had to give up the place of Huntsman to 

 Christian, in order to look after the field, and he was so 

 interfered with by the field that he failed to kill his foxes. I 

 never in my experience knew the country so deep all through ; 

 wet through every day, horses terribly knocked about. 



Season 1877-78. — Last with Mr. Tailby as Master. 



Commenced cub hunting on September 6th, with 9I- couple 

 of young hounds in the entry, and R. Summers for Huntsman. 



Run of the Season — 18 Miles in i hour 40 minutes. 



1878. 

 February i8th. Met at Burton Overy. Found in the spinney, ran 

 to Wistow Gorse, by the Hall, over the canal up to Glenn, and 

 they killed him after 30 minutes. Found in Glenn Gorse, ran 

 to Oadby Lane, to Stoughton, by the Hall to Knighton, and 

 almost to Leicester (old) Race Course ; by Oadby to Glenn 

 Gorse — time up to this 45 minutes — dwelt about live minutes 

 in Glenn Gorse, went away with a fresh fox along the Belt by 

 Oadby Toll Bar as if for Newton Harcourt, by Glenn and 

 Glenn Oaks over Burton Brook, over Carlton Brook, up to 

 Kibworth Spinnies ; bore down for Kibworth Church, was 

 headed, ran to left . . . up to Langton Hall, by Thorpe 

 Langton, over Welham Lane . . . where we lost him. 

 Time from Glenn 50 minutes. Had we killed him it would 

 have been the best run I ever saw. 



Final Qallop as Master. 



April 4th. The last day of the season. Hounds met at listen. 

 Chopped a fox in Shangton Holt. Found again, ran by the 

 Hardwicks, Noseley up to Glooston Wood, on to Stonton 



