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through Boden's Thorns, nearly to Longford and back to 

 somewhere near Trusley, where Charles stopped them. 

 People wandered about looking for them all over the 

 country, and only about twenty ever found them again. 

 This very happy little party enjoyed a rare good gallop 

 from Sutton Gorse, to the right of the Dussy-bed by Crop- 

 o'-Top, to the Spath, through it, and away, leaving Sutton 

 church on the right, by Crop-o'-Top, through Boden's 

 Thorns, Keeve's Moor, by Shirley Mill, through the 

 Warren at Shirley Park, to the Holly Wood, Snelston, 

 where they lost their fox, after a splendid run of very 

 nearly two hours. 



The 20th February must be nearly a record in running 

 foxes to ground, for no less than five succeeded in getting 

 in. They killed a brace into the bargain. Accounting 

 for three brace and a half in one day was not so bad. 

 They had a good run with the last one from the Brakeu- 

 hurst. He went across the deer park, to the right of the 

 Hall, through the Birchwood, past Hart's Coppice, and on 

 without touching the woods by the High Trees, straight 

 through Floyer's Coppice, and nearly to Woodford. Here 

 he turned back right-handed, left Smallwood Manor on his 

 right, climbed Buttermilk Hill, and got to ground in a 

 tree near the High Trees in Bagot's Park, after a good hunt 

 of an hour and a quarter. An account of this day duly 

 appeared in the Field. 



' Field, February 27th, 1897 :— 



THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. 



This pack, after three or four disappointments owing to frost, were able on 

 Saturday, the 20th, to meet at Six Eoad Ends, after a purely woodland hunt, 

 and not quite in favour with the " steeplechasers," though, perhaps, this turned 

 out to be one of the most exceptional day's hunting the pack ever expeiienced. 

 The hounds were first thrown into the Greaves, and very soon a halloa on the 

 Hanbury side sent us all galloping to Hanbury church, to find that hounds 

 had already marked one fox to ground, and were on the line of another, which, 

 after a ring on the meadows, also went to ground in the Coton Bank earths. We 

 then drew beyond Draycott Cliff, and finding immediately, the hounds by them- 

 selves ran back on the same line to the same earth. Trotted back once more, 

 and found again, and our fox this time found safety in a tree, two fields below 

 the woods on the Houndhill side. Mr. Bass then kindly decided to give us a chance 



