1875] CAPITAL RUN TO BRAILSFORD GORSE. 367 



Culland, under Edraaston village, over the brook by tlie old gorse, and up to the 

 new gorse at Brailsford. First-rate run of one hour and ten minutes. Six and 

 a quarter miles point, and eleven and a half as hounds ran. Several fresh foxes 

 on foot, and so dark that we had to leave our run fox in the gorse. 



In this capital gallop Mr. W. Boden and Mr. Crowder 

 were first over the Sapperton brook, and had a slanging 

 match all the way to Longford, when Mr. Crowder's horse 

 stopped, dead beat, and the argument came to an end. It 

 was somethino; about crossins; or interfering at the brook 

 Into this Mr. Lyon had got, and Mr. Bird coming up from 

 behind, jumped the brook with him in it. At Culland, 

 Mr. Lyon's horse stopped dead at some post-end-rails, and 

 could go no farther. Mr. John Thompson, of Burton, 

 came to the end of his tether in the bridle road to Culland. 

 Mr. Bird's horse had had enough and to spare at the top 

 of Brailsford Park, and his rider had to drive him in 

 front of him to an inn, where the horse remained all night, 

 while the man hired a pony and rode home. Mr. Walter 

 Boden's horse cried " Enough ! " as he fell over the last 

 fence before the gorse — his rider finishing on foot. Col. 

 Reginald Buller, Capt. (now General) Fowler Butler, and 

 Charles, were the others who were well up at the finish of 

 this great run. 



Saturday, BlWhhury. — Found in Pipe Wood ; ran a ring, by the Black Flats, 

 over Bromley Hurst to the Bath Covert at Hoar Cross, and on to the Birch Wood, 

 where we killed a fresh fox. Drew the La^vn Pit. Found, and ran by Cross 

 Hayes down to the Park, and back to the Lawn Pit to ground in a sough. 



Monday., January 25th, The New Inn. — Found at Byrkley Lodge. No 

 scent at all. Hunted round by Yoxall Lodge Hills, and lost him. Went to 

 Brakenhurst, found a fox, ran him once round the covert, and to ground in a 

 rabbit-hole. Found again, and they slipped away fast, through Yoxall Lodge, 

 Byi-kley, the Holly Wood, Knightley Park, down to Tatenhill, where we checked 

 some time, but hunted him on by Dunstall, over the road, and back by Taten- 

 hill, and here we had three foxes before us, and evidently changed on to a 

 fresh one, as we kept ninning about by Rangemore, and could not get up 

 to him. 



Tuesday, Brailsford. — Found by the house ; ran a couple of rings, by Cul- 

 land, up to White's Covert, and on to the gorse, where we killed. Found again 

 at Ednaston ; ran a ring through the coverts to start with, then by Ednaston 

 village, down to Longford, through the Reeve's Moor, and killed him in the 

 middle of a wheat-field, within one field of the Car. Drew the Car and found ; 

 ran nearly up to Shirley Mill, turned to the left through the Alkmonton bottoms, 

 on to Potter's Covert, where there were three foxes on foot, and I expect we 



