388 REMINISCENCES OF 



CHAPTER XXII. 



SALE OF PYTCHLEY HORSES AND LEATHAM GRANGE. 



ON Qth January, 1869, tne hounds ran into the coverts 

 at Dene while a shooting party was going on. Next 

 day I wrote to Lady Cardigan : 



" loth January, 1869. 



" MY DEAR LADY CARDIGAN, 



" I am very sorry that the hounds yesterday 

 ran into one of your coverts and disturbed the sport 

 of your friends who were shooting there. I could 

 have prevented it ; but the hounds were in the middle 

 of the covert before I was aware that there was any 

 shooting. I hope that we did not very much interfere 

 with their sport. We found a fresh fox in the covert 

 and another in Oakley purlieus, which we also ran 

 through. 



" Believe me, 



" Yours very truly, 



" J. A. T." 



" MY DEAR MR. THOMSON, 



" Many thanks for your kind letter. Your 

 hounds did no harm whatever. I should be only too 



