3S The Sedgefield Country 



one o'clock, the hounds hit off the line of a fox in the whin 

 east of Roper's plantations, carried it to the open, and there 

 met a fox (put out of a whin-bush the size of a table, by 

 Bevans) and killed him. Scarcely was he broken up before 

 another fox was viewed in the whins ; he went straight to 

 Cole Hill big wood, was rattled about there for a quarter of 

 an hour, and broke at the north-east corner pointing west, 

 turned to his left at the new railway, crossed it above 

 Murton Blue House, and ran half a mile down the west 

 side of the line, re-crossed it, and then to Whin House belt, 

 turned to his left nearly to Embleton, and on to Ammerston 

 Old Hall ; then up to Bedlam Gill, across the moors to 

 Quaker's Gill, pointing for Sheraton ; was headed, turned to 

 his left and was viewed going into the old Fox Cover by 

 the tilery, where hounds ran into him in forty-five minutes 

 from leaving Cole Hill big wood, the whole time as hard as 

 hounds could race. There were six up at the finish. 



Wednesday, the 23rd, met at Dr. Fenwick's, Chilton 

 Hall. Drew Gipsy Whin blank ; found a brace in Merring- 

 ton ; twenty minutes to ground at Chilton ; found a brace in 

 Mainsforth, had thirty minutes to ground at Quarrington 

 Hill; found at Camp Whin, ran to Hardvvick, changed foxes; 

 went away, leaving Bishop Middleham on the left, Camp 

 Whin on the left, past Butterwick to Whin House, and 

 stopped them going into Wynyard, after an hour and forty- 

 five minutes. Again there were but six at the end. 



No Master is more popular with his field than Mr. Har- 

 vey, and great credit is due to Claxon, the huntsman, for 

 the condition in which he has the pack. 



Amongst those who hunt regularly with these hounds, 

 we may mention Lord Henry Vane, Sir William Eden, Bart., 

 Mr. Richard Ord (of Sands), Mr. M. Fowler, junr. (of Pres- 



