376 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1875 



Thursday, Eadlurne. — Found in the Eough, ran slowly up to Langley Gorse, 

 and back to Radburne, and from there to Langley again, and killed within a field 

 of the gorse. Found in the Parson's Gorse, but could do nothing with this fox. 

 Trotted to Sutton, found, ran towards Etwall, back by Dalbury, and up the brook 

 side by Trusley, and to ground in pit-hole at Crop-o'-Top. Very pretty thirty-five 

 minutes. 



Friday, Sivansmoor. — Found in Newton Gorse, ran tremendously fast up to 

 the woods, a ring through them and to ground at the bottom of Hoosalem's 

 Coppice. Five miles in twenty minutes, and hounds beat the horsemen by four 

 fields into the woods, though fox, hounds, and gentlemen all started in the same 

 field ! Found again in Bhthe Moor, ran a couple of rings, and killed. Viewed a 

 fox outside Forge Coppice, hunted him slowly up to Blithbury and came home. 



Monday, Beceinber 27th, Dunstall. — Found a fox in the covert in the 

 meadows, raced him up to Tatenhill Dingle, and killed him. Found again at 

 Dunstall, ran down to the Trent, which the fox crossed, in flood, and stopped the 

 hounds. Spent the rest of the day trying to kill a beaten fox in the llocket Oak 

 Gorse, after running him in the open some time. 



Tuesday, Brailsford. — All the coverts there, Bradley bottoms, Ednaston, 

 Shirley Park, and Longford, blank ! Found at 2.20 in Alkmonton bottoms, ran 

 up to the coverts by Saint's, down to Mamerton, back by Alkmonton bottoms, 

 and on up to Shirley Park, where we had our fox dead beat in the gardens, but 

 could not kill him. Directly we had found one fox, and began to run, we had 

 three, if not four, foxes on foot. Hounds divided, and part killed a fox at 

 Barton. 



Thursday, Stenson Lock. — Found in Stenson Fields, ran nicely up to 

 Burnaston, to ground in a drain. Found at Egginton Gorse, ran by Spilsbury's 

 Coverts and Findern, within half a mile of Stenson Fields, and lost. Trotted back 

 to Spilsbury's, found, and ran again to Stenson Fields, but here the fox ran up 

 the railway, and as trains were continually coming and it was nearly dark, we 

 gave it up. 



Saturday, January \st, Kingston village. — Snow on the ground and bad 

 riding. Found in Kingston Woods, but lost immediately. Found again, ran 

 into Bagot's Woods, and lost. Scent now seemed to improve, and, with a fresh 

 fox, hounds ran hard through the woods, and to ground by the Uttoxeter road. 

 Got on another fox, ran a pretty ring by Ivingston village almost to Loxlej', and 

 back to Cuckold's Haven Gate into the woods. Twenty- five minutes, fast. On 

 through the woods, out over the Warren, through the woods again, and 

 across the Park into Kingston Woods, and had to stop the hounds owing to a 

 dense fog coming on. Capital day's sport. 



Monday, January 3rc?, Draycott Cliff. — Found and lost at once in the 

 Greaves. Drew all along the Banks till we came to the Cliff by Bagot's Park, 

 where we found, rattled our fox about for nearly an hour in the Banks, forced him 

 out, ran by Smallwood, back to Gorstey Hill, where he turned again, and we 

 killed him within two fields of tlie Netherland Green Gate. Good Woodland day. 



Tuesday, Foremark. — Several foxes in Gorstey Leys, rang two rings with one 

 by Swarkestone, and back through the covert, and at last he got to ground, 

 almost in view, in a brickfield at Ticknall, Went to Repton Shrub ; sone fox 

 broke in the direction of Hartshorn, with six couples of hounds, while the 

 remainder were running in covert. Got hounds together and went home. 



Thursday, Piadburne. — A brace of foxes in the Rough, but the covert was so 

 urrounded by people that we had to go away to avoid chopping them. Langley, 

 Vicar Wood, Parson's Gorse, and Sutton blank ! 



