172 'to tear the damn boys' breeches.' 



Hounds run through Railway Statior* Waiting Room. 



March 7th. Met at Bowden Junction ; found in Sheepthorns and 

 raced by Carlton, bearing to left, and back to Kibworth, by the 

 mill to Langton Hall and East Langton, hunted on through 

 Thorpe Langton, past Langton Caudle to Slawston, over the 

 railway and back to ground near the covert, bolted him and 

 raced by Slawston village, towards Hallaton Manor, over 

 railway to right, through the waiting room at Hallaton station, 

 on nearly to Horninghold, and back to the railway and killed. 



Very Fast 45 Minutes. 



March loth. Met at Fleckney ; got on line of a travelling fox in 

 lane near Whetstone and raced through Peatling, on past 

 Arnesby to Shearsby, leaving it to left, on to Fleckney, on past 

 Saddington, leaving it to right, also to right left Saddington 

 Gorse and Gumley, over canal between Debdale and Foxton, 

 and again crossed canal to Bowden Toll-bar, past Fisher's 

 house to Lubbenham, to ground in spinney at Thorpe Lubben- 

 ham. First 45 minutes very fast, i hour 45 minutes. 



Three Couples of Hounds Injured by Nails on top of Orchard Fence. 



1884. 

 February 23rd. Met at Kilby ; found in Peatling and hunted well 

 past Arnesby and Shearsby to Knaptoft and John Ball, away at 

 once, and ran fast past Mowsley, straight to Bosworth Gorse, 

 not entering, ran on to Bosworth village and killed in Mr. 

 Gebhardt's orchard ; i hour 20 minutes. Three couples of 

 hounds badly torn by nails on top of fence round orchard when 

 running in view, put there " to tear the damn boys' breeches, 

 when they come to steal the apples, eh ! " 



Remarkably Qood Run — eleven -mile point — into the Atherstone 



Country. 



1886. 



December 13th. Met at Shearsby; found at Peatling, ran by 

 Ashby old covert field (covert having been done away with), 

 dow^n to Willoughby brook, straight on leaving Willoughby on 

 the right and Ashby Magna on the left, over the allotments and 

 over the Lutterworth and Leicester Turnpike, and bearing 

 slightly to the right, leaving Cosby hill on the right and Dunton 

 Bassett just on the left, straight along the meadows to Broughton 

 Astley station, passing to the left of it about two hundred yards, 



