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dipping into the blood of Lord Segrave's, Lord Yar- 

 borough's, the Duke of Beaufort's, and the Belvoir kennels. 

 The entry resulted in producing, at least, two good ones 

 in Fatima, by Lord Yarborough's Finder — Rosebud, while 

 Draco, by Lord Segrave's Hotspur — His Dulcet, proved 

 a more than useful draft, remaining in the pack for nine 

 seasons. 



Unfortunately, hunting was stopped a great deal by 

 frost, which was so severe in January that a man walked 

 across the ice on the Thames, though not without difficulty, 

 and two people drove in a cart across the Serpentine. There 

 were cricket matches on skates in Essex and at Sheffield, 

 but the best story about this very severe frost hails from 

 London. We are told quite seriously that a glass of gin 

 was frozen into a solid mass in the mouth of a coalheaver, 

 who remained gagged till placed on the kitchen fire, when 

 the dangerous mass dissolved ! 



In this year, also, there is the first mention of a mangy 

 fox, which occurs in rather an amusing way. " Colonel 

 Wyndham's hounds in Sussex had a twenty-mile run after 

 a fine grey dog, which was supposed to be a fine grey, or 

 mange-d, fox. The hounds ran up to him, but did not 

 kill him." The Tegleaze Wood, just above Mr. Reginald 

 Wilberforce's house at Lavington, has always been held 

 by local tradition to have been the starting-point of this 

 extraordinary run, but the dog was always said to have 

 been killed and eaten. 



To make up for the long stoppage by frost, they hunted 

 later than usual this year, winding up with a smart ring 

 from Chartley. In this run we have the first public 

 mention of Mr. Trevor Yates, who lived at Sapperton, 

 and was such a w^ell-known figure in the country. 



BeWs Life, April 22nd, 1838 :— 



GALLANT FOX CHACE WITH MR. MEYNELL'S HOUNDS. 



This crack pack met on Saturday, the 14th ult., at Chartley Park. Drew 



Lazarus Wood blank, but found Pug iu the Brand, scent cold ; and, after au 



ineliectual attempt to pick it out, gave it up, and started for the park, which was 



drawn blank, as well as the Moss. Away we steered for Newton Gorse (a covert 



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