8o GOOD SPORT 



Prince, Drs. Alfred Grace and A. H. Grace, Dr. Mel- 

 lish, Mr. Arthur Rich, Mr. C. Rich, Mr. J. Rich, 

 Mr. W. Crew, Mr. J. Large, Mr. Morrice, Captain 

 and Mrs. Adam, and many others, besides a large 

 contingent of farmers. 



Moving away from the meet, the first draw was 

 Union Gorse, a typical covert in the heart of the 

 best stone-wall country in Gloucestershire — a 

 rough piece of fox-ground of low scrub covering 

 several acres and surrounded by a stone-wall. His 

 Grace threw hounds in, while Will Dale rode to the 

 far end to get a view. An old dog-fox was quickly 

 on his legs and bounced over the wall in full sight 

 of the field, Will Dale on the silver whistle notifying 

 the fact that he was away. A second later his 

 Grace came galloping up blowing his horn ; there 

 was no halloaing — for the noble huntsman hates 

 noise — and in the quietest manner possible had his 

 pack quickly out of covert to a flying start. Getting 

 away on excellent terms with their fox, they ran at 

 a splendid pace by Beverstone down to Boldoun 

 Wood. Scent was breast high, and for an hour 

 and a half they bustled along, making a good nine- 

 mile point nearly to Corston. Large fields of light 

 heath country, with luxurious crops of old seeds 

 and roots, appeared in the extensive view, grand 

 galloping ground mapped out by a tracery of 

 stone walls. Scent served well, and driving their 

 fox right through Boldoun Wood, with a rattling 

 chorus they went away again as if going for 

 the hills. Turning left-handed, the hunted one 

 passed the big Silk Wood on the right into 

 the Rhododendron covert, and so on through 

 Weston Birt Park — the seat of Lieut. -Col. George 

 L. Holford, C.V.O., Equerry in Ordinary. The 

 pace for twenty minutes was pretty severe. 



