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ou to Sudbury), and turned back and hunted with a very bad scent nearly up to 

 Sutton village, and lost him. Found again at Foston, but our fox disappeared 

 most unaccountably after about ten minutes. Got on a fox we viewed crossing 

 the park at Sudbury, ran down below the kennels, but hounds divided, as there 

 were three foxes before us, so we stopped them. We had previously drawn the 

 lake banks blank. One of the wettest days I ever was out. 



Wednesday, Elvaston Castle. — Hunted a fox for two and a quarter hours 

 round the grounds, and killed him. Drew Aston and Chellaston blank. 



Thursday, Radhurne. — Found in the Rough, but he was a bad fox, and kept 

 going away and coming back again, and there was no scent. Sutton blank. 

 Spath ditto. Found in Longford Car — main earths open, and the fox got to 

 ground. Went to Potter's, found and ran nicely up to Longford, where the fox 

 went to ground. Wretched day's sport. 



Saturday, Loxley. — Found in the Alder Car, hunted towards Uttoxeter, back 

 by Alder Car to Park Covert and away towards Kingston, back to the Park Covert 

 and had him beat, round by Alder Car, back to the wood — two or three foxes on 

 foot, away by the Alder Car again, and to ground near the Hall. Found in Carry 

 Coppice, bad scent, hunted to Leigh, and accounted for him by losing him. 

 Found again in Philips' Gorse, ran fairly by the end of Carry Coppice to the pit 

 on the Field Hall farm, which he tried, round into the Coppice again, out again 

 nearly to Loxley, back to Philips' Gorse, up to Carry Coppice, and hounds came 

 out after a fresh fox just at dusk, and ran towards Chartley, so left off. Bad 

 scent and bad luck. 



Monday, December llth, Wychnor — Blank. Rough Park the same. Found 

 in Brakenhurst, ran through HoUybush into the Greaves, and lost. Found again 

 in the Banks, ran through Tomhuson's corner, across Agardsley, through Holly- 

 bush, by Needwood, back through the end of the Banks, out at the low side below 

 Hanbury to Castle Hayes ; then a ring back through Castle Hayes, and eventually 

 whipped off in the dark at Anslow. Not a good scent at any time. 



Tuesday, Cubley Gate. — Pourmg wet till two o'clock. Found a brace of 

 foxes on Cubley Gorse, hunted one with a bad scent by Birchwood Park to 

 Snelston, by lime-kilns and Snelston plantations towards Shirley Park and Rodsley, 

 and lost. Found again in Longford Car, ran very fairly over every ploughed 

 field to Yeaveley and on nearly to Snelston, back again by Snelston Common 

 nearly to Cubley Gorse, and lost. Very poor scent. Found in Sudbury Coppice, 

 ran round the covert, away towards the kennels and bottoms, turned back and 

 ran very hard across the Park ; left Sapperton to the right, ran hard towards 

 Bentley, turned to the right by Potter's, nearly up to Longford, through 

 Alkmonton Bottoms to Bentley Brickyard, as hard as they could pelt, right into 

 Potter's, running hard for their fox ; out at the far end of the covert, ran by 

 Barton towards Hilton, turned to the left nearly to Sutton, through Spath (a 

 brace of foxes close before us), round by Sutton Mill and back to Barton Lodge, 

 into a dense low fog, and we had to stop the hounds. One hour and thirty minutes 

 from Sudbury, and a capital thing. Ground very deep, and horses all beat. 



Thursday, Kedleston Toll i^ctr.— Darley osier-bed under water. Allestree 

 blank. Found by Ireton Rough, ran hard up to Breward's Car, and ou by the 

 Lilies, where we turned to the left and ran down tiie lane by Mercaston Stoop, 

 and lost our fox. Wilde Park blank. Found in Langley Gorse, a bad ringing 

 fox, which we eventually hunted up to Brailsford, and lost. 



Saturday, mithhury.— Found in Pipe Wood, and hunted him, with a poor 

 scent, by Bellamore nearly up to the Coley coverts ; got ou him again there and 

 hunted up to Great Haywood, where he beat us. Drew all Blithfield blank. 



