22 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1878 



From Lord Waterpark's diary : — 



Monday, Novemher 4th, Sudhury. — Found at the Lake Bank, ran up the 

 meadows to Foston, back almost to Sudbury and then down to Sapperton, 

 through the covert, and lost between Aston and Foston. Found in the gorse in 

 Sudbury Park, ran fast over the Park by Mackley, through Sapperton back to 

 ground, in view, in Sudbury Park. Spent the rest of the afternoon trying, in 

 vain, to catcli one of the many foxes in the coppice. 



Tuesday, The New Inn. — Found at Needwood, ran through the Parson's 

 Brake into the Greaves, down the Banks, out at Forest Side, and to gi'ound at 

 Hound Hill. Drew Woodford Rougli blank, then found in the woods, ran through 

 Kingston over to Loxley, back by the High Wood, and stopped the hounds at 

 Woodford, 



Thursday, Eadburne. — Killed a cub in the Rough. Trotted oft' to Sutton 

 Gorse, chopped an old fox, went away with another, hunted him slowly round 

 by Etwall Cottage, and lost : poor scent. Found in the Spath, ran fast down to 

 Potter's, turned back and hunted slowly back by Sutton up to Dalbury : hounds 

 here set to work to run hard, and killed their fox by the cheese factory at Etwall. 

 Good run of an hour and a half. 



Saturday, Blithhury. — Found in Pipe Wood, ran under Pear Tree Gorse 

 down the brook side to Forge Coppice, a ring round by Abbot's Bromley, back to 

 Forge Coppice, and lost. Blithe Moor blank. Found in Blithfield Gorse, ran 

 very fast for fifteen minutes to gi-ound in a pit-hole not far from Colwich Station. 

 Viewed a fox (to my belief the hunted one which had come out when the 

 hounds moved away) coming into a covert close by, ran him round by Bellamore, 

 and killed at Colton. 



Monday, Novemher llth, Anslow.—OuQ fox, or at most two foxes, in the 

 Henhurst, no scent, and I think he got to gi-ound in the dingle by the roadside. 

 Did not find again till we got to Bannister's Wood, killed one fox in the little 

 gorse, ran another through the Rocket, and to gi-ound at Dunstall. Found in 

 the Holly Wood, ran to Byi-kley and on by Kingstanding and Hanbury Park to 

 Needwood, and lost. 



Tuesday, Shirley Park. — Snow. 



Thursday, Kedleston. — Chopped a fox close to the village, ran another by 

 the gardens over the Park back to the village, round by Weston, where we 

 changed in the covert by the brook side, and went on with a fresh fox by 

 Langley, nearly up to the Parson's Gorse, and here he was headed in the road, 

 ran a ring round, and got to ground. Found in Langley Gorse, ran at first as if 

 he meant Radburne, but bore to the right and ran over Nun's Field up to 

 Brailsford, over by Wilde Park to Mercaston, and from thence bore to the right 

 by Kedleston village up to Ireton Wood, where we had him, dead beat, in the 

 covert and came to a long check: however, he sneaked out unseen and we 

 hunted him slowly on to Allestree and gave it up, as he had gone on, there was 

 no scent, and it was very late. 



Saturday, Chartley. — Found in Handleasow Wood, ran a short ring and to 

 ground near Gratwich village. Did not find on the Shaw, but in Fradswell 

 Heath, rang a ring back through the gorse, over the park, through Handleasow 

 Wood by Benyon's farm, over the brook into Kingston Woods, and then two 

 rings out towards Blithfield back to the woods. 



Monday, Novemher \%th, Newhorough. — Found in the Birchwood, ran hard 

 for ten minutes to ground in a pit. Hoar Cross, Rough Park, and Brakenlmrst 

 blank. Found in Jackson's Bank and ran for two hours over some of the best 



