14 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS, [1878 



Gates, the fox turned short back at the end of it, and was killed, A brace of 

 foxes in the gorse, ran one about, and killed him. Aston, Chellaston, and Arleston 

 blank, 



Tuesday, Sudhury. — Found in the coppice, ran nearly to the Lake Bank, 

 down the meadows to Palmer Moor and back to Sudbury, Not an atom of 

 scent. Found again in the Alder Car, ran nearly up to Bentley Car and lost. 

 Killed a fox — probably a vixen, as she would not go away — in Bentley Car. 

 Ran a fox from Potter's for three fields, and stopped on the plough, Sapperton 

 blank. 



Thursday^ Dalhury. — Sutton and Hilton blank. Chopped a vixen in the 

 Ice-house Pit at Foston. A fox jumped off the top of a hovel all among the 

 hounds near Sapperton, and escaped into the covert through which it went, but 

 there was no scent. Longford blank, 



Saturday, Charthy. — Found in the Shaw Gorse, and ran to ground in a pit- 

 hole near Field. Killed a fox in the gorse. Found on the Moor, ran up to the 

 turnpike road — no scent. Drew the Birch Coppice, Ciller's Rough, Gratwich 

 Wood, the Park Covert, at Loxley, and the Alder Car blank, 



Monday, March 11th, Wychnor. — Blank, Found a vixen below the road at 

 Dunstall, and left her. Hunted a fox that had gone away from the Easthill 

 Rough, but had to give it up, Henhurst blank. Found in Knightley Park, ran 

 through the Rocket Oak, and to ground by the roadside near Tatenhill. 



Tuesday, Cithley Gate. — Found in the covert by Cockshead Lane, ran hard 

 up to Bentley and on to Cubley Lodge, over the road and back to Snelston, 

 leaving Marston on the left and Cubley on the right, ran through Raddle Wood 

 down to the village, and across the Park nearly to Clifton, and back again by the 

 village ; we must have changed foxes once, if not twice, up to this. Got on a fresh 

 fox, and ran by Stydd to Cubley Gorse, and on by Cubley Stoop up to Marston, 

 and finally lost by Marston Park. Capital day's sport, and we were running for 

 over three hours, and hard at times. 



Thursday, Machworth. — Markeaton blank. Found at Allestree, ran to Darley 

 and back to Allestree, through Colvile's Covert and Farnah, up to Breward's 

 Car, and killed. Found in Langley Gorse, ran at first as if for Radbume, turned 

 short back and ran up to the Derby end of the Vicar Wood, hunted slowly back 

 by Langley, and lost. 



Sattirday, Kingston. — Found in Woodcock Heath, ran through the covert by 

 Windy Hall,* back to Kingston. 



Monday, March l%th. The New Inn. — Found at Needwood, ran fast by East 

 Lodge, at the back of the New Inn to Byrkley, through Kingstanding and the 

 Parson's Brake into the Greaves — about thirty-five minutes ; got on our fox again 

 going back to Needwood, but could not get on with him. The Hare Holds pro- 

 duced a fox which we hunted to Castle Hayes, and lost. 



Tuesday, Eaton Wood. — Found in Sedsall Rough, ran about for some time 

 and gave it up near Marston — a vixen, no doubt. Got on a fox at once in the 

 Aldermoor at Sudbury, ran it nearly to Sapperton, and to Foston, and killed him 

 by the railway. 



Thursday, Foremarh. — Ran a fox veiy nicely from Gorstey Leys into Repton 

 Shrubs, where we changed, and hunted another fox about in the covert for some 

 time, till he went over the Park, and we killed him. Drew the gorse blank, 



Saturday, Chartley. — Ran a lame fox a few fields from the Shaw, and killed 

 him. AVent back, found another, ran him by Turner's Gorse to Weston, over a 



* Probably Wanfield Hall. 



