1874] 



LORD WATERPARK'S DIARY. 



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Harrington, Earl of 

 Hindlip, Lord 

 Hodgson, Geo. A. 



Keates, T. 



Kempson, T. P 



Meynell Ingram, Hon. Mrs. 

 Milligan, Lieut.-Col. 

 Pole, K. W. Chandos 

 Poyser, E. and F. 

 Sale, Eichard 

 Smith, C. W. Jervis 

 Smith, Sir John ... 

 Tumbull, Peveril ... 



Waite, R 



Walker, Sir Andrew B. ... 



Wallroth, C. A 



Wood, Jno. B 



Total 



From Lord Waterpark's Diary : — 



1874. 



Thursday, January \st, Elvaston Castle. — No fox till we got to Egginton at 

 2.30, and then ran one to ground in fifteen minutes in the same earth as on 

 November 18th. Earth open at Arleston and the hounds said there was a fox in it ! 



Saturday, Bramshall village. — Philips' Gorse, Carry Coppice, the Park 

 Covert, Woodcock Heath, and Laurence's Wood blank. Found in Kingston 

 Woods, ran to Bagot's Woods and back again, and the same again, and out over 

 the Warren to Blithfield, and lost. Soon found again in Lord's Coppice, but 

 there was no scent, and a vile day. 



Monday, January 5th, Walton village. — Snow. 



Tuesday, Marston-on-Dove. — Frost and snow. 



Thursday, Langley Common. — No hunting till 12.30. I was at Shipley 

 and could not get to covert for the ice on the roads. They found a fox in the 

 Rough at Radbume, and ran him to ground at Broward's Car. Almost the same 

 line and no doubt the same fox we ran on November 6th. Trotted back to 

 Langley, found in the plantation near the house, ran a ring, fast, down to 

 Radbume and back to Markeaton, where the hounds were stopped in the dark. 

 Charles Leedham calls it the best scent and the best day's sport of the season. 

 My information derived from him. 



Saturday, Blithfield. — As we were going to draw, a fox was halloaed on the 

 opposite side of the brook on Charles's farm at Moreton. Got on his line, but he 

 was too far ahead to do any good. Drew the gorse, but did not find till we got 

 to Newton Hurst, and then ran a very nice ring along the brook side towards 

 Kingston Woods, but turned to the right back to where we had found him, and 

 eventually he went to ground in a regular earth in a pit on Charles's farm. 

 Forty-five minutes. Found again in the Warren Covert, and raced for fifteen 

 minutes and to ground in a pit near Forge Coppice. First-rate scent with this 

 last fox. 



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