1849] MR. CLOWES' DIAIIY. 153 



Found again in Sutton new gorse, ran a small ring, and then prettj' fast across 

 brook pointing for Radbourne, and lost. Fair fifteen minutes. Drew Parson's 

 Gorse blank and left off. 



March 2nd, Bretby. — Found a brace in Kepton Shrubs. Ran one round 

 wood and by house and lost. Foimd again in Ticknall Gorse and ran a good 

 ring, through a beastly country, by Several Wood and Hartshorn back to 

 Bretby and Repton Shrubs. Changed foxes and ran again past Ticknall Gorse 

 and Pistern Hills, hounds dividing in Several Woods, where another brace jumped 

 up. Left off, hounds, foxes, and men being all over the country. Good scent, 

 and lots of galloping, hunting, and halloaing, and a vile country. Horse tired. 

 Staying at Appleby these two days. Colvile there and out hunting. Wet ever. 



1841). 



November Stfi, Radbourne. — Found in Langley Common and ran hardish a 

 twisting fox, ringing about for twenty minutes, and killed. Drew Parson's 

 Gorse blank. Found again in Rough, ran slowly to Buckston's small gorse and 

 back to large gorse and killed a vixen, which would not go a field away. Plenty 

 of foxes. Five afoot at least. 0. Bateman out. 



November 10th, Swarkestoa. — Found in gorse. Old fox went away directly, 

 but Joe stopped hounds and got away with a cub and lost him in four fields 

 with a fair scent. Found again at Arleston, a twisting brute, but a fair scent. 

 Ran him back slow to Swarkeston by old Abbey, over canal, and to Chellaston, 

 and killed. About forty-five minutes. Good for hounds. They would not 

 ilraw again. Fine day. Home early. 



Decembe)^ I8th, Kedleston. — Found in Ranusdale Park, and went away well, 

 pointing for Bradley, but he tui-ned back for Broward's Car. At length got 

 away again with cold scent, but mended, got nearer him, ran a very pretty ring 

 up and down hill by Lilies to small covert near Famah, where they were in the 

 same field with him, but he got back to the Car, and he, or another, ran again to 

 Rannsdale and back to Car, all over foiled ground, and they left him. Every 

 one but me said they changed foxes. Train from Leicester with Dawson. 

 Latter rode my mare. Sir R. and two young Sutton's out, Okeover, two 

 Cromptons, etc., Maynard. 



There was always, it seems, some difficulty about 

 preserving foxes, to judge from correspondence which 

 appeared from time to time in the papers, and in this 

 particular year there is a letter protesting very strongly 

 against the non-preservation for such a generous, courte- 

 ous, open-handed master as Mr. Meynell Ingram. Matters 

 did not seem to be much better over the border in the 

 Atherstone country. Moreover, there seems to have been 

 a good deal of fox-stealing going on. The following letter, 

 bearing on this subject and also on the arrangements iu 

 two neighbouring hunts, seems to be worth publishing. 



