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Bagot's Park, all across the Park by Tumor's Lodge, across 

 Bromley and Agardsley Parks, through Hollybush and 

 Parson's Brake, back to the Greaves. Then away again 

 the same line to High Trees, through Bagot's Woods, to 

 ground in the Rhododendron Covert at Blithfield. Though 

 it was not two o'clock, hounds went home. From which 

 fact any one may conclude it was a good run, for the 

 Master was not one for making short days. 



1888. 



On January 24th, with the Master's own pack at 

 Swarkestone, there was a blank day, but on the 25th there 

 was a good one to make up for it, there being three good 

 runs, two from Jaggard's farm at Hamstall Ridware, and 

 one from Blithe Moor. February 6th, however (the very 

 day of the month, by-the-by, on which the great run of 

 1868 occurred), was destined to be always held in honour 

 as a red-letter day in the Meynell calendar. They found 

 in Shutt's dumble at Snelston and ran best pace across the 

 corner of the Park, through the Holly Wood as if for 

 Alkmonton Bottoms. Before reaching them, however, the 

 fox turned back to the right, passed just to the left of 

 Bentley Car, and then went between Alkmonton Bottoms 

 and Potter's, to the right of Barton Fields and Lees Green, 

 down to Radburne Rough. From here hounds ran him 

 through the Potlucks, up to Mickleover Windmill, and 

 sharp back to ground in a tree close to Mickleover station. 

 This was a good twelve-mile point, all the way at a strong 

 pace. 



Mr. William Court will long remember this run, for, 

 when he was going very well, he took a liberty with the 

 Trusley brook by trying to ford it at a cattle-drinking 

 place. The brook resented it and held his horse fast, 

 while he had the mortification of seeing his friends jumping 

 it in their stride to the right and left of him, and going 

 on rejoicing, while he stayed perforce where he was. 



Though he hunted very frequently with the Meynell 



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