106 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. [1868 



Cub-lmnting in 1868 began on August 24tli, tlie young 

 hounds making a satisfactory start, throwing their tongues 

 well, and all were up at the death of a brace of foxes. 



On September 25th, Tom Walker, the second whipper- 

 in, had a bad fall, breaking his blade-bone in two or three 

 places ; and, unfortunately, as no one saw him fall, no 

 one was there to help him. 



On September 29th hounds were away from their 

 kennels eleven hours, and the following day ten hours ; 

 but, as a fox was killed each day, both packs were rewarded 

 for their efforts. But there was a very hard day on October 

 7th, when hounds were out twelve and a half hours, and 

 they did not taste blood owing to the great number of 

 times that they changed foxes. It was, however, a very 

 unsatisfactory cub-hunting, scent being bad, except on 

 one or two occasions, and there was never a sufficient cry 

 to keep the young hounds together. Consequently the 

 young entry were short of both work and blood, but under 

 the circumstances they entered remarkably well. Hard 

 ground kept them in kennels from September 5th till 

 September 23rd, but they were out thirty-two mornings, 

 killing fourteen and a half brace of foxes, and marking 

 five and a half brace to ground. 



Reo;ular huntino; beoran on November 2nd, but it was 

 a poor scentless day, and there was no sport to speak of. 



The first good thing of the season came off on November 

 1 7th, when a fine gallop of an hour and thirty-six minutes 

 was brought off from Burkinshaw's covert, hounds never 

 checking till they had run through Chase Hill and by 

 East Hal ton. South Killingholme, Rye Hill, and Habrough 

 village to Waterhills, which they reached thirty-six minutes 

 from the find. After dwelling in covert for about a quarter 

 of an hour, they went away towards Eoxton Wood, turned 

 left through the Newsham Plantations, and with Ulceby 

 village on the right, pointed first for Thornton, and then, 

 wdth Wootton Gorse close on the right, headed for Dun- 

 kirk, the pack running from scent to view and pulling 

 down their fox in the open, two fields short of the covert. 



