240 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. 



ones, and a glance through the different runs given in 

 this book will show how often it has been Bradley that 

 the field has had to thank for a good run. 



It was in a quick thing from Bradley Wood to Irby 

 Holme that the prowess of the grey Peter Simple was 

 discovered one foggy morning, and that is the general 

 line the foxes take. Once over the Barton street and up 

 the slopes of the wolds, you may get a ten-mile point 

 without much trouble. In the southern part of this 

 country east of the Barton street the chief coverts are 

 Nainby's Gorse, a snug little spot given by the late 

 ^ir. Charles Nainby, of Barnoldby, one of the best 

 sportsmen the Brocklesby country has produced, Ashby 

 Cottagers' Plats, Fenby Wood, Grainsby Healing, Waithe 

 Asholt, the Grainsby home coverts, and Hell Furze, many 

 of them under the care of that good sportsman who owns 

 them, Mr. G. Caton Haigh, and one need never despair 

 of a good day's sport in that country. The chief fixtures 

 are Newsham Lodge, Roxton Wood, Healing Manor, and 

 Aylesby Manor (both breakfast meets), Aylesby Mill, 

 Laceby Cross-roads, and Bradley Cross-roads in the 

 northern part ; Welbeck Hill, Barnoldby Cross-roads and 

 Waltham Station in the centre ; and Holton-le-Clay, 

 Ravendale Cross-roads, Ashby-cum-Fenby, Hawerby Cross- 

 roads, Cadeby, and Wyham in the south. 



East of the Great Northern Railway hounds seldom 

 go, except near Grimsby, there being too many unjumpable 

 drains and no coverts as one gets nearer the sea. Peeks 

 and the Weelsby coverts, where foxes are always well- 

 preserved by Mr. T. Hewitt, invariably provide good 

 sport, and a fast run from here over Humberstone to 

 Tetney is as good as a man could wish for ; hounds always 

 go a smart pace over this line of country, and it certainly 

 " takes a bit of doing." 



The southern part of the country west of the Barton 

 street and south of the woodlands is all wolds, the land 

 being hilly and the fences plashed, and there are few 

 ditches ; an easy country to cross. The north-east corner 



