1823] SQUIRE OSBALDESTON. 105 



One great day was in the Forest Banks, when they ran 

 till dark, hounds divided, and one lot stayed out all night. 



On Monday, February 14th, when the frost was barely 

 gone, they had a great run from Shirley Park, by Yeavely, 

 Bentley Car, Cubley, and to Doveridge, where they took 

 to the meadows. They suppose some of the hounds 

 crossed the river. Nobody was with them owing to the 

 impossibility of riding on account of the snowdrifts. 

 They hunted up to April 13th, finishing the season at 

 Hollybush, when it was so hot that the hounds were all 

 quite beat. 



For some reason or another he only hunted with them 

 the next season in March, when they did nothing remark- 

 able. In October of the same year he began hunting with 

 ]\Ir. Osbaldeston, whose style of hunting did not meet 

 with his approval ; he continually mentions losing the fox 

 " through getting into confusion," or " through bad 

 management "; the hounds were not at all steady. 



After the end of the season 1815-16 there is no 

 further mention of Mr. Osbaldeston. Mr. Meynell saw 

 these hounds find nine and a half brace of foxes, of which 

 they killed two brace, and ran one to ground. Of course 

 allowances must be made for a Master being prejudiced in 

 favour of his own kennel ; but at the same time neither 

 the Sudbury hounds nor Mr. Osbaldeston's had any runs 

 so remarkable as fell to the share of Mr. Meynell's pack. 



In the season of 1823-24 they began cub-hunting on 

 August 21st, and amongst other places visited Willough- 

 bridge, which was an innovation. For some reason, possi- 

 bly from ill-health, the Master himself missed a good many 

 days, and no doubt the Leedhams had a good story to tell 

 when he was not out. For we find that they ran from 

 Shirley Park to Longford and back, and killed after fifty 

 minutes, which they said was the fastest thing of the 

 season, and on a similar occasion from Kadburne they 

 ran for three hours and ten minutes, and all got to the 

 end of their horses, who had carried them amazingly. 

 Tom lamed Sultan, then tired out Pigg, and changed on 



