148 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. [1888 



Habrougli, and Ulceby, till they killed in the open at 

 Habrough, a six-mile point frona the find. 



It was a most disastrous season that came to a con- 

 clusion on April 1 6th, no two days being alike, and the 

 weather being of the worst possible description. Hounds 

 were stopped from their appointments on over twenty 

 occasions, but in spite of a hopelessly bad scenting season, 

 the rough weather continuing till April, they rolled over 

 ninety-eight foxes in a hundred and five days, and marked 

 twenty-five to ground. 



It was not till October 1st that cub-hunting began in 

 1888, and the day was marked by a most unusual occur- 

 rence in the shape of a heavy snowstorm during the after- 

 noon, the stooks of corn and the fields around Pelham 

 Pillar being deeply covered with snow for over twenty- 

 four hours afterwards. No particularly good sport occurred 

 during the cub-hunting season, or indeed till November 

 24th, when there was a fine run of an hour and twenty- 

 five minutes from Kingerby Wood, hounds rolling their 

 fox over, after accomplishing a ten-mile point, at Badger 

 Hills. 



There was a meet in Barton Market-place on December 

 28th, the first for over a hundred years, and on February 

 23rd there was an exceptionally fine run of two hours and 

 a quarter, which had both pace, distance, and country to 

 recommend it. South Kelsey had been the rendezvous, 

 and it was a Kingerby Wood fox that provided the fun. 

 Hounds were served with a screaming scent, and they ran 

 over grass and plough alike, turning with their fox as if 

 tied to him. They accomplished a twelve-mile point, and 

 traversed at least twenty miles, having to be stopped at 

 last at Hardigang on account of the number of fresh 

 foxes afoot and the terribly beaten condition of all the 

 horses. 



Although not marked by runs of exceptional excellence, 

 the season 1888-89 was a very good one throughout, 

 there always being plenty of sport, and every opportunity 

 — invariably seized — for good hound-work. One hundred 



