i88 THE COMPLETE FOXHUNTER 



NORTHERN HUNTING LOCALITIES 



Going north from London by what Jorrocks called 

 the best covert hacks in the world, viz. the great main 

 lines which have their termini in the Euston Road, 

 one reaches the Midlands of which mention has been 

 made as far as the Shire countries and some of their 

 neighbours are concerned. On the eastern side of 

 the Shires the Fitzwilliam (Mr. George Fitzwilliam's) 

 Hunt is a most important one, and Peterborough is the 

 town which is nearest to the kennels, while on the 

 western side of the country Oundle and Thrapston are 

 handy, and allow of hunting with the Woodland 

 Pytchley. Visitors from Cambridge hunt with these 

 hounds, too, but they mostly utilise the railway ; in 

 the south-east of the country Huntingdon is not a 

 bad centre, for the Cambridgeshire are also available, 

 and there is a good deal of grass land hereabouts — 

 which, however, is frequently submerged in times of 

 flood. 



Bedford is not far from the centre of the Oakley 

 country, and Grantham is a really good centre, where 

 plenty of good accommodation can be obtained. It is 

 in the Belvoir country, but much of the Blankney 

 country is close at hand, and there is a railway into 

 Leicestershire, so that both the Quorn and Cottesmore 

 are within reach. Further north, Newark, though 

 a fairly big town, much given over to industrialism, 

 is quite a good hunting centre. It is within Lord 

 Harrington's (the South Notts) country, but is close 

 to the Belvoir borders, and handy for some of the 

 Rufford, and the Blankney. Cathedral towns are 

 often situated in good hunting countries, and Lincoln 



