384 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1876 



Lord Waterpark's Diary continued : — 



Sixteen and a half brace of foxes were killed during the cub-hunting ; thirty- 

 five times out. 



Monday, October 30th, Sudbury Coppice. — Ran very prettily up to Bentley 

 Car, where he turned to the left as if he was going to Stydd, but turned again 

 along the Bentley Brook, and came back by Bentley Hall, and we hunted him 

 slowly back to the Coppice. Viewed him away, dead beat, by the Bottoms, but 

 he turned back and got to ground in a rabbit-hole. Found in the Alder Car, 

 ran across the park to Sapperton, where he turned to the right, and we killed 

 him in a pit-hole. 



Tuesday, The New Inn. — Ran a fox round and round for more than an hour 

 at Needwood, and killed him. Chopped another. Byrkley Lodge blank. 

 Found in the Brakenhurst, ran him round the wood, out by Hoar Cross village, 

 through the Chantry, leaving the Birchwood on his left, over Bromley Park, and 

 finally lost him at the back of Abbot's Bromley. No scent on the plough. 



Thursday, Hadburne. — Many cubs, which refused to go away. Got one away 

 at last, but soon lost him. Went back to the Rough, found again, but there was 

 no scent in covert and had to leave. Found at Sutton, ran by Dalbury up to 

 Sutton village, through the Spath, by Barton down to Hewett's Farm, over the 

 Brook, up to Crop-o'-Top, where scent completely failed. Hunted him slowly 

 back to the gorse. Nice hunting run over a capital countr}-. 



Saturday, Blithbury. — Found in Pear Tree Gorse, ran a ring, and lost. Found 

 again in Pipe Wood, ran by the Black Flats up to Bank Top, and lost. Went 

 to Laurence's Wood, found, ran very fast by Blithbmy, over St. Stephen's Hill 

 to Blithfield ; after this hunted slowly by Blithe Moor and the Warren into the 

 woods. Fox was only one hundred yards before the hounds at the Warren, but 

 directly we got into the woods we had three foxes before us. 



Monday, November 6, Anslow. — Found in the Henhurst, but not an atom of 

 scent in covert. Found again at Sinai Park, ran down the meadows below 

 Dunstall, through Smith's Hills, by Silver Hill, back by Dunstall church, and to 

 ground in a large rabbit-hole below Sinai Park. Found in Knightley Park, and 

 ran by Tatenhill to ground in the Lawns. 



Tuesday, Eaton Wood. — Blank. Found in the Lady Coppice, ran a ring 

 through Eaton Wood, back by the Birch Coppice, through the Woodhouse Farm 

 up to Sudbury, and lost. Found in the Alder Car, ran up to Vernon's Oak, and 

 lost. Trotted off to Cubley Gorse, found at once, ran by Marston and Vernon's 

 Oak to the Coppice, where the hounds divided. 



Thursday, Elvaston Castle. — Several foxes. Ran one up to Chellaston and 

 back, but there was no scent. Went to Aston, and, after an hour and a half 

 hunting round the plantations, managed to kill a fox. 



Saturday, Bramshall village. — Found in Philips' Gorse, ran through CaiTy 

 Coppice, and to ground in a pit-hole at Field Hall. Three foxes in Carry Coppice, 

 ran one about for some time, till he, too, went to groimd in another pit-hole on 

 the same farm. Several foxes in the Park Covert, ran a ring with one, and finally 

 gave it up near the Red Cow. No scent at all, ground dry and hard, and no 

 chance of sport till there has been a downfall. 



Monday, November \3th, Drahelowe Cross Roads. — Went to Lullington, 

 found in the Gorse, ran a ring over the river and back to the Gorse, where there 

 was no scent, and we came away. Homestall Wood blank. Got on the line 

 of a fox that had come on from Lullington, hunted him down to the river below 

 Croxall, which he crossed, and eventually killed him by the Trent Valley Station 



