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Mr. Atherston Brown lent me a clipping horse, a 

 very hard puller, but a grand jumper. I got on 

 capitally with him ; but jumping into a lane he 

 jumped so far that he landed in the ditch on the 

 other side. Ro was riding "The Rake," but he lost 

 a shoe or something, and she got a roan, a four-year- 

 old of Drackley's. It had never been out hunting 

 before and refused every fence ; luckily they were 

 not very big ones. She always managed to make 

 him scramble through, and caught us in the next 

 field. 



2nd. We went to Bay Middleton's at Hazel- 

 beech and sent Donaldson and the horses to 

 Weedon. 



3rd. Pytchley Hounds at Brockhall. Bay 

 mounted us both. J. A. T., " Mayo " ; Ro, " Gold- 

 finch ". Lord Spencer asked us to come to Althorpe, 

 but had to put us off on account of Lord Granville's 

 death. Drew Brockhall blank, and Harpole Hill. 

 Found Nobottle. Ran well along the spinney. 

 No good on the plough. Found again in Sanders' 

 gorse. Ran somewhere and back again. Found a 

 mangy fox in Buckby Folly ; got to ground ; drew 

 spinney blank and went home. Had tea at John 

 Cooper's. 



6th. Grafton Hounds at Yardley Chase. Horses 

 came from Weedon. "The Rake" for me, roan for 

 Ro. Hounds were running hard when we got to the 

 wood. We never heard a man's voice for an hour. 

 Got out of the wood on a stale scent. Hounds 

 worked capitally. Smith very quiet. Ran with a 



