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and by Mr. A, Arkwright's house, leaving it and Broughton 

 Astley village close on the right hand, over the Broughton 

 brook fast, near which, on crossing the railway, I saw him only 

 a field in front going strong ; went straight on to the Froles- 

 worth Road, leaving Leire on the left, also the main earths on 

 Frolesworth hill and turned a bit to the right, past Sutton 

 lodge, leaving it on the right, down the meadows to near Soar 

 mill, and into the old Fosse Road, close to the river Soar ; he 

 then kept right on up the Fosse and Soar Valley, leaving 

 Shapcote spire and Sharnford just on the right and Frolesworth 

 on the left, and crossed the Claybrook branch of the Soar just 

 to the east of the Fosse Road bridge, between Sharnford and 

 Frolesworth, and went past Stoney Hole's farm, leaving the 

 Shade Gorse three fields to the right and going right up to Clay- 

 brook village, then going by Mr. Beale's house, turned to the 

 right up the hill over High Cross and straight on to the left of 

 High Cross, over the Watling Street Road to Wibtoft in 

 Warwickshire, and bearing to the right he kept on over the 

 Fosse Road near Copston Gorse, went through Toone's 

 Spinnies, and then (either the same or another fox) went on to 

 the left of Little Copston, and by Copston Lodge as if for Three 

 Pots Spinnies, but Mr. Cox's men headed him and he turned to 

 the left over Wolvey heath, and circling round leftwards went 

 nearly to Cloudsley Bush farm, where he again turned left and 

 got into Copston Gorse, from which the Atherstone (in whose 

 country we had been since soon after leaving Great Ashby) had 

 taken a fox the Friday previous to this Monday, to within a 

 short distance of Peatling. 



This account was written for me by Mr. W. Nuttall, who 

 knew the country thoroughly, and was out ; as it was almost 

 entirely in the Atherstone country I did not know it. The 

 point was about eleven miles, and about fifteen or sixteen as 

 hounds ran. 



1887-88. 

 December 12th. Met at Klbworth ; found in Peatling, raced past 

 Arnesby to Bruntingthorpe, on towards Gilmorton and round to 

 Walton Holt ; 35 minutes to here ; probably changed, ran on to 

 Kilworth Sticks, did not enter, on towards Kilworth Sticks, and 

 on to Daniell's Spinney, round towards Kimcote and back, to 

 ground near Walton Holt and killed ; i hour 27 minutes. Very 

 frosty and snowy day. 



