366 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1875 



Monday, January \lth, Yoxall village. — Foggy morning and no scent. 

 Found in Eough Park, and ran out a few iields towards Blithbury, turned back 

 through the covert, and walked after him towards Wichnor, but had to give it up. 

 No fox at Wichnor ; the same at Yoxall Lodge. Found at Byrkley, but could 

 not run two fields. 



Tuesday, Shirley Park. — Just such a morning as yesterday, and could not draw 

 for the fog till twelve o'clock. Shirley Park blank. Killed a real bad fox at Bentley 

 Car. Potter's Covert and Sapperton blank (foxhound puppy hunting in the latter). 

 Found a fox in a trap at Foston, which the hounds killed, and another was 

 halloaed away at the same time. Ran very hard below the house and over the 

 road, when he was headed short back, and we could do very little with him over 

 the foiled ground. Found again. Ran nicely down to Sudbury, over the Park, 

 by the kennels, down to the Bottoms, and stopped the hounds as they were going 

 into the coppice. Fair scent in the evening. 



Thursday, Kedleston Toll Gate. — Found at Darley, hunted a fox to AUestree, 

 ran about some time in covert, then on to Farnah, and lost. Found again 

 in Langley Gorse, and ran to ground at Radbume. Got on the line of a fox that 

 had been disturbed from Newton's osiers, but he had been gone too long to do 

 any good. 



Friday, Draycott Cliff. — Found in the Greaves and ran to ground at Coton. 

 Found again in the Greaves ; ran two rings by Coton and Hanbury, and killed in 

 the Greaves. Found again in Bull's Park, and ran over Agardsley, and by 

 Hollybush back to the Greaves, over by the New Lodge and Parson's Brake to 

 Hanbury Park, on to Castle Hayes, up the meadows by Draycott Mill to Hound- 

 hill, where the fox turned into the Forest Banks, and we stopped the hounds. 

 Capital day's sport. 



This last run was at least twelve miles. — Ed. 



Saturday, Chartley. — Found in the Shaw. Ran a ring back to the gorse, and 

 killed. Another fox. on foot immediately. Ran by Fradswell up to Sandon 

 and back, by Birchwood Park, to the Shaw, and lost him owing to a heavy storm 

 coming on. 



Monday, January ISth, Anslow. — No fox till we got to the Rocket Oak. 

 Ran a couple of rings by Dunstall and Rangemore, and to gi'ound near Tatenhill. 

 Knightley Park, the Needwood House coverts, Black Brook, andi Cupandition 

 coverts, blank. Found in the Hare Holds, ran by Castle Hayes to Coton, then by 

 Hanbury, into the Greaves. Here the fox turned short back, and no one got 

 away with the hounds except Charles, and they raced up to Anslow, where he 

 managed to stop them just as they were going into the Henhurst. First-rate 

 scent in the evening. 



Tuesday, Sudhury. — Found in the coppice. Ran a short ring and lost him. 

 Came back and did precisely the same thing again. Found a third fox in the 

 Aldermore, but he ran against some wire netting and the hounds caught him. 

 Did not find another fox. 



Thursday, Etwall. — Found in Sutton Gorse ; ran a ring, back through the old 

 gorse, and lost. Found again in the Dusseybed Covert; ran by the village 

 towards Mamerton, where he turned back over the foiled ground and we could 

 make nothing of it. Got on the heel scent of a fox that had been disturbed, and 

 ran through the Spath, but soon found out our mistake. Hilton Gorse and 

 Sutton blank. Found at Sapperton ; ran by Mackley, back by Foston Mill to 

 Barton, left Barton House on the left, Church Broughton on the right, over the 

 brook by the Spath, nearly up to Longford, turned to the right by Burrows, on to 



