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part of the Forest country, and finally stopped the hounds at five o'clock at 

 Yoxall Lodge. 



Tuesday, Doveridge. — Found in the Lady Coppice, ran into Eaton Wood, 

 back to Doveridge, and hunted slowly on by Somersal. A fresh fox in the osier- 

 bed, ran him well by Hill Somersal nearly to Sudbury, and to ground by the 

 Breach. Found in the Twelve Lands, and the fox ran straight to the same 

 culvert at the Breach that the last fox went into. Spent the remainder of the 

 day hunting some bad foxes at Sudbury, none of which will go six fields from 

 the coverts. 



Thursday, Stenson Lock. — Only one fox in Arleston Gorse — scent very bad ; 

 hunted him to Stenson Covert, and lost. Found again at Egginton Green 

 Covert, could only run a few fields, and the same with a fresh fox from the 

 gorse. 



Saturday, Loxhy.—YonnA in Carry Coppice, ran to ground in the earth. 

 Ran a fox well from Philips' Gorse round by Mr. Blurton's, back into Carry 

 Coppice, where be got to ground. The rest of Loxley blank. Found in 

 Laurence's Wood — a very bad fox ; but he too got to ground. 



Monday, November 25th, Walton village. — Drew every hole and corner of 

 the country blank, till at last, at three o'clock, we found one fox at Drakelowe, 

 and then could scarcely hunt him. 



Tuesday, Bradley.— Found in the Lime Kiln Rough, ran a ring under Atlow 

 and to the covert by the Hall and on to Yeldersley, back by Bradley Wood, 

 over the road, under Atlow, and killed at Bradley Pastures. Found again in 

 Shirley Park, ran in covert some time. 



An account of the next day appeared in print, and 

 was as follows : — 



SPLENDID RUN WITH THE MEYNELL HOUNDS, 1878. 



On Thursday, November 28th, the meet was at Etwall village, and a windy, 

 boisterous night, succeeded by a cold, cutting easterly wind, was not looked upon 

 as very promising for sport. However, shortly before eleven o'clock, Charles 

 Leedham trotted up with his old dog-pack, lookmg in blooming condition, and 

 after a few minutes' law for the late ones, the noble master (Lord Watei-park) 

 gave the word for Sutton Gorse. The field was a large one (far too large for ua 

 to give in detail), but we noticed, besides Lord Waterpark, Lords Shrewsbury 

 and Parker, Colonels Buller (2), Coke, and Milligan, Sir John Hardy, Messrs. 

 C. and G. Allsopp, Godfrey Meynell, Chandos-Pole, W. and H. Boden, A. H. 

 Colvile, Hon. W. Bagot, Broadley Smith, Bird, C. Foster, Wood, D'Arcy Clark, 

 J. Smith, PhUlips, Worthington, Sale, Buxton, Salt, and many strangers. At 

 11.45 our fox was halloaed away, and Charles quickly getting them on the line, 

 he ran fast by Dalbury, leaving Radburne well to the right, by Langley and 

 Vicar Wood, skirting Kedleston vUlage to Weston, and from there to Breward's 

 Car. Time to here, fifty-five minutes, with only one check when he had run 

 thirty-three minutes. Here Charles viewed him, dead beat; but other foxes 

 being afoot, time was unavoidably lost, and we had given him up, but afterwards 

 found, from the information of some boys, that a fox had gone to ground a few 

 minutes before, with two or three hounds at his brush in Ravensdale Park. The 

 distance of the run was six to seven miles, as the crow flies, and eleven or more 

 as they ran. It was all over a capital line, and the fox a real wM Derbyshire 

 one, such as led them their famous gallop when " Old Tom " was huntsman in 



