FOX-HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS 189 



'' November 13th. Kelmarsh. — Twenty-five 

 couples ; old pack. Found three foxes by the 

 Engine Pond; ran a fair pace past Hazelbeech, 

 over a corner of Naseby Field, by Parson's Hill, 

 over the Cottesbroke Vale, nearly to Brixworth ; 

 turned to the left over the turnpike road, past 

 Lamport, and ran him to ground one field from 

 Short Wood — one hour and ten minutes. Found 

 again in Scotland Wood; went over Naseby 

 Field, and along the brook in the bottom nearly to 

 Thurnby; crossed over the turnpike road to 

 Thurnby Grange ; was there headed ; went past 

 Guilsborough Grange and down to Coton Planta- 

 tion, where we were running into him when a 

 fresh fox jumped up ; up to Coton — an hour at a 

 very good pace. Went on with the fresh fox up 

 the valley to West Haddon ; left it close on the 

 right ; after that we went over some magnificent 

 country, but not knowing it sufficiently I cannot 

 describe the places by name ; however, it ended by 

 our running into our fox at Watford, the hounds 

 killing her in a sheet of water in front of the 

 house — an old bitch-fox ; an hour and twenty 

 minutes from the time we changed at Coton. 

 It was by far the best day's sport I ever saw — 

 only five horses were up when we killed, all 

 the others being stopped long before. Rode 

 Hesperus and Weaver ; Will, Cardinal ; Jack, 

 Emperor." 



The Diary says that he got a fall at the first 

 fence on i6th November, and saw nothing at all 



