FOX-HUNTING 



16th February 1872. — Mr. Ghaworth Musters's 

 Harlequin Run. Found in the Harlequin Gorse, 

 Ratcliffe-on-Trent : ran very straight to Hoton 

 Spinney and back to beyond Kinmoulton Woods. 

 Killed. Over 35 miles : 3 hours 26 minutes. 15i 

 couples of hounds up of 17|^ out. 



9th February 1881. — Mr. Rolleston's Lowdham 

 Run. Found in Halloughton Wood : ran 16 miles 

 to Eakring Brales : 12 mile point, gave up at dusk : 

 very fast all the way, but time not recorded. 

 Dead fox found in Eakring Brales two days after. 



l5^ December 1888. — The Grafton, Brafield Run. 

 Found in Brafield Furze on Mr. Christopher 

 Smythe's property : ran perfectly straight for 8 

 miles : turned left-handed and killed after another 

 50 minutes' fast hunting. Every hound up. 



IMh December 1894.— The Quorn, Barkby Holt 

 Run. Found in Barkby Holt : 27 miles in 2 hours 

 5 minutes to ground in Bolt Wood. Grass all the 

 way : very fast : horses stopping in every field. 



2nd January 1899. — The Craven Sydmonton Run. 

 Found in Sydmonton Big Wood. Hounds stopped 

 at Tubbs Copse near Bramley Station. 10 miles 

 point to point : 20 miles as hounds ran. First ten 

 miles so fast nobody could get near hounds. 



27 th March 1903.— The Quorn Barkby Holt 

 Run. 12 miles to just short of Oakham Pastures. 

 Killed. 



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