2IO GOOD SPORT 



sport, in spite of threatening frost and fog. After 

 meeting at Stretton village, they had a tremendous 

 hmit of nearly three hours' duration and were un- 

 lucky not to kill ; evidently changing foxes, for the 

 pace at times was so severe one could not have 

 stood up before them. Starting at Tunnely Wood, 

 they passed through the great forest of Morcary, a 

 good line to Woodwell Head, which swarmed with 

 foxes, back again to Gunby Gorse, another strong- 

 hold, through Hardy's Plantation, on to Beaumont 

 Wood, away for the big coverts by Greetham, where 

 hounds were stopped at dusk. 



A memorable day's sport came within the same 

 week, when they met at Witchley Warren by Stam- 

 ford, Mr. George Fitzwilham's hounds meeting close 

 by at Burghley House, the seat of the Marquis of 

 Exeter. The two packs joined in a covert known 

 as Horn Stacks, and, getting away together, ran for 

 an hour, killing their fox in company on the old 

 race-course by Stamford. Mr. Evan Hanbury was 

 in command of the Cottesmore, but the master of 

 the Fitzwilliam was not out. Arthur Thatcher and 

 Will Barnard hunted the combined pack by turns, 

 and Thatcher relates, " It was my last turn getting 

 close at him, catching him in some old ruins ; so I 

 cut the fox up." 



After the hunt the combined pack was taken to 

 Wothope ruins, and divided through a gateway. 

 On the Saturday of the same week, after meeting 

 at Beaumont Chase, hounds ran from Stoke End 

 through Stockarton Wood and Merevale Holt to 

 Medbourne by Mr. Fernie's kennels. The field out 

 included the master and Mrs. Evan Hanbury, Mrs. 

 Asquith, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Kerry, 

 Lord Manners, Sir Henry Jervoise, Sir Bache 

 Cunard, and Mr. W. Baird. 



