1868] THE GREAT RADBURNE RUN. 265 



FitzHerbert, was carried all the time by Tralee, an Irish 

 horse, whom he rode back to Tissington after the run. 

 The combination of pace and distance was so great that 

 Tom's horse died at a farmhouse near to Blackwall Hill. 

 I considered it to be the finest run on record, considering 

 the time, the distance, and the country over which 

 hounds ran." 



And he spoke with authority, for no man was more 

 competent to give an opinion. 



The following is Mr. Michael Bass's account of the same 

 run : — 



"This favourite pack has had a run of sport lately, 

 but never perhaps since the days of the famous Hugo 

 Meynell, great-grandfather of the present master, has it 

 manifested more decisively the advantages of blood and 

 breeding than it displayed on Thursday last. The meet 

 was Eadburne, a synonym for good foxes and good sport ; 

 the squire's jolly presence and cheery smile made one feel 

 sure of a run, while an unusual field of riding-men and 

 equipages, crowded with the ladies of the county, formed 

 a scene of animation and beauty which would be hard to 

 match. At a quarter to twelve, the bitches — what 

 darlings ! — were thrown into the Rough, and in another 

 minute the fox was halloaed away. He struck up the hill 

 to the right of the Hall, crossed the roads through the 

 osiers looking towards Mickleover, where he was headed 

 back. He recrossed the road, leaving Dalbury on his left, 

 on to Thurvaston pointing for Longford, all the way at a 

 strong pace over a fine country, though Trusley Brook 

 brought not a few good ones to grief. But he was again 

 headed, and, turning short by his right, took a line back 

 to the Rough, which, without a moment's pause, he quitted 

 for Langley. Giving it a wide berth on his right, he went 

 straight for Cox's Covert, crossed the Ashbourne Road for 

 Wild Park by Mercaston, straight on by Kedleston Park 

 on his left for Markeaton Gravel-pit, only a long mile 

 from Derby Town. Here Tom Leedham thinks we changed, 

 the run fox being seen crossing the road for Allestree, 



