FOX-HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS i8i 



'' October 29th. Apley. — Twenty-one couples ; 

 O. P. Found in the Long Coppice and ran 

 very hard for some time. We then changed 

 upon another fox, and, after running in the 

 covert an hour and twenty minutes, killed a dog- 

 fox. Drew the Ram Leys ; found three foxes ; 

 went away very quick over the Canal, round by 

 Mr. Botfields, over the Canal again, past the 

 Collieries, through Wards Rough, and on to 

 Sheriff Hales ; he skirted the coverts and went 

 on to Woodcot, where he had laid down in a 

 wheat field; he then came back a wide ring, at 

 the best pace, to the Sheriff Hales Woods, and we 

 ran into her at the edge of the Abbey Wood : 

 an old bitch-fox ; two hours and sixteen minutes ; 

 a very excellent day's sport. Rode Beeswax, who 

 went capitally; Jack, Francis; Kit, Warrior.'' 



Cub-hunting thirty-three days, and killed 

 twenty-eight foxes. 



The Diary remarks : '' September — first half 

 very dry, afterwards wet and good scenting ; 

 October, a good scent in general." He appears 

 to have had capital sport. 



'' November 4th. Whetstone. — Nineteen 

 couples ; O. P. Chopped a fox in the gorse ; another 

 fox went away instantly ; the people pressed 

 the hounds terribly, but we ran him pretty well 

 for an hour and five minutes to Burbage, where 

 we quite lost him. Went on to the wood, where we 

 instantly hit upon him, and after running ten 



