56 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1881 



From Lord Waterpark's diary : — 



Thursday, January Qth, 1881, Elvaston Castle. — Drew the gardens, Belling- 

 ton Hill, Aston, Chellaston, and Arleston Gorse blank. Found in the Hell 

 Meadows Covert, ran towards Findern High Fields, turned to the left through 

 Findern village, and Spilbury's Covert, on to Egginton Gorse ; here our fox mu.st 

 have waited, as scent improved, and hounds ran hard, by the Blakeley osier-bed 

 up to Etwall, turned back by Burnaston, and went to ground in a drain within a 

 field of Spilsbury's. 



Frost from January 6th to 31st. 



Monday, January dlst, T)ie Kennels. — Ground still very hard. Drew all 

 Sudbury blank. Found in Eaton Wood, ran by the top of Clownholm down to 

 Wardley and back to the wood, then a ring round Doveridge back to Eaton 

 Wood and to Doveridge again, and stopped the hounds as they were running in 

 three lots. 



Tuesday, Bagofs Woods. — Frost. 



Wednesday, Bagot's^Woods. — Sent the hounds into the woods for exercise for 

 a couple of hours, though it was not really fit to hunt. Found lots of foxes, no 

 scent. 



Thursday, Badhurne. — Found at once in the Rough, ran down to the brook 

 at Trusley, turned along it up to Long Lane, crossed it and bore to the left, and 

 ran a ring down to Langley village, where hounds checked a minute. Hit it off 

 over the road and ran nearly to Mackworth, and then bore to the right to the 

 common gorse where they checked again, thirty-five minutes up to this. Scent 

 now changed, and hunted slowly on over the railway by Mickleover Station, and 

 finally lost him by the windmill. Found in the Sand Hills, ran to the Rough, and 

 lost. Hunted a fox from Sutton Gorse down to the village, where he got to 

 ground in a drain, bolted him, and killed him as he tried to get through some 

 wive fencing. Got on an outlying fox at Foston, but could not run him at all. 

 No scent the latter part of the day. 



Saturday, Drakehwe.— Found in the Grove, but the fox got headed by the 

 foot people, and killed. Did not find again till we got to Catton, ran a ring back 

 to the covert, and lost him. A brace of foxes at Lullington, ran up to Caldwell 

 and stopped the hounds, as it was late. Nasty day, and no scent. 



Monday, February \Uh, Chartley. — Snow. 



Tuesday, Bentlcy Brichyard. — A dreadful day, blowing and raining. Found 

 in Bentley Car, ran at first as if he meant going to Sudbury, turned to the right 

 above Cubley over the road by Alkmonton Bottoms nearly to Potter's, back by 

 Boylestone and into the Car, and here fancy we changed foxes. Went away 

 again towards Shirley Park, bore to the left and ran nearly up to the turnpike 

 road by Cubley Gorse, and to gi-ound by the brook side close to the village. 

 Good hunting run of one and a half hours. Tried to hunt a fox from Cubley 

 Gorse, but the day got worse again, and scent failed altogether. 



Thursday, Kedleston Gate. — About another such a day as Tuesday. One fox 

 went to ground in the covert at Allestree ; another went awaj^, but they could not 

 hunt him. Found in Breward's Car, but could do nothing. Had a nice gallop 

 with a fox from Culland — twenty-five minutes ; to ground in Brailsford Gorse. 



Saturday, East Lodge. — Needwood and the Holly Wood blank. Found in 

 the Deanery Covert, ran fast to Tatenhill and back into Yoxall ; hunted slowly 

 from there to Rangemore, and lost. Found behind the house at Dunstall, ran 

 about for some time, and left him somewhere by the stables at Rangemore. 



