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not catch one. Sir William and Lady Williams 

 came and Mr. and Mrs. Hole. 



25th. Show at Holsworthy ; rain and thunder- 

 storm. Found Major Burrowes ("Buggins"), i3th 

 Light Dragoons, judging with Captain Williamson. 

 They went to Tetcott after the show, and we went to 

 Ashbury and put up there to make room for them. 



26th. Back to Holsworthy for puppy show. 

 Littleworth, Lord Portsmouth's huntsman, and Mr. 

 Coryton, judges. 



29th. London, Hodnet, Adderley, and home on 

 3rd July. 



8th July. Fife Light Horse drill at Cupar. Fell 

 over a tent rope and hurt my knee, and was laid up 

 for four days. 



1 5th. Inspection by Colonel Duncombe ; rode 

 "Fairy Ring". 



1 8th. Highland Society Show at Stirling. We 

 went to Claude Hamilton's at Dunmore for it. Colin 

 Mackenzie, Macpherson Grants and General and 

 Mrs. Briggs staying there, the Fergusson Buchanans 

 and " Ken " Fergusson. 



26th March, 1892. We went to Wiverton. 



28th. Quorn at Six- Hills. 



29th. To Bentley Manor and Bickmarsh. 



3 1 st. Warwickshire Hounds at Dorsington. 

 Mrs. Cheape gave me a mount on a grey horse ; 

 very little scent. In the afternoon hunted up to a 

 big wheatfield and checked there. Heard a view- 

 holloa. Willoughby galloped up the hill above the 

 river and found the Cotswold whipper-in. He said, 



