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25th March. Went by train to Chesterfield, and 

 went to meet the Rufford Hounds at Hardwicke. 

 Percy Williams mounted me. After hunting, drove 

 to Derby from Mansfield; from Derby trained to Tam- 

 worth, and stayed the night at Dr. Geldhart's at 

 Netherseale. 



Dr. Geldhart was left some property when he 

 was fifty. Till then he had never been out hunting, 

 but thought he would like to do so. He went to 

 Mr. Tattersall and requested him to provide him 

 with two good horses that knew their business, as 

 he knew nothing about it. He got two beautiful 

 horses, and then went to Jackson's " Hunting 

 Grounds," and took lessons in jumping. At the 

 beginning of the season he stayed at the hotel at 

 Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and hunted with the Ather- 

 stone Hounds. He enjoyed it so much that he took 

 Netherseale House, and hunted from there for 

 several seasons. 



Wednesday, 26th March. Cricket's Inn. Rode 

 " Outlaw " all day ; got a fall ; had a bad sore throat, 

 and it hurt me to blow the horn. 



27th March. At the end of this season I went 

 to Lyndhurst for a sale of Mr. Drax's Hounds. 

 In passing through London I went to look at the 

 building of the great Exhibition. I had an awful 

 bad pain in my chest all morning. On getting to 

 Lyndhurst I went to stay with Lindsay Shedden, 

 Master of the New Forest Hounds. While putting on 

 my boots to go down to dinner my mouth got full of 

 blood, and I knew what had happened I had broken 



