1818] AULD LANG SYNE. 71 



Rushton, for liis own riding, while the men shared 

 Pavilion, Forrester, Chance, The Dealer, Whirlwind, 

 Aaron, brown mare, and Commodore between them. 



The last day of cub hunting ! was on October 28th, 

 at Longford, and resulted in a wonderful day's sport. 

 " They found immediately and came away fast by 

 Bentley Car, below Cubley, for Somersal, turned short 

 back to Sudbury Coppice where he had waited. Went 

 away again very fast to Somersal and lost him. Very 

 stormy. We found again in Sudbury Coppice and went 

 away by Somersal to the Hare Park at Doveridge, crossed 

 the Dove above Marchington, and went over the en- 

 closures to Kingston Woods, where Tom stopped them 

 close at the fox, as nobody but himself, on Aaron, was 

 with them. Joe's brown mare w^ent into convulsions. 

 An hour and a half almost without a check — the hardest 

 day we ever had." 



" On Monday, January 19th, 1818. Sudbury. Found 

 in the bottoms, went away with a good hunting scent 

 across Cubley bottoms, through Bentley Car to Shirley 

 Park in fifty minutes. Here I think we changed and 

 went away again fast, leaving Bradley Hall to the left, 

 by Thornley's Gorse to Hulland house, and killed him by 

 Ireton. Two hours and ten minutes from Sudbury. 

 Many horses tired. A very fine run. I rode Feeble ; 

 Thomas Leedham, Aaron ; Joe, Need wood." 



This was at least thirteen miles as the crow flies. 



The sport was very good, but the usual troubles of 

 a master seem to be beginning, for he twice mentions 

 hounds being overridden. 



They were stopped by frost for over a fortnight from 

 January 30th, when Sir Bellingham Graham was out. 

 But evidently this was not much to Mr. Meynell's taste, 

 for he writes: " On February 10th took the hounds for 

 exercise into Brakenhurst, found several foxes, and went 

 away immediately by Holly Bush to the Greaves and 

 down the banks, came back, and ran to ground at Castle 

 Hayes. On foot, and saw most of it to the end." 



