420 The Hunting Countries of England, 



Mr. Macan^s days for the lower^ or open^ portion of 

 the country are Monday and Thursday. Monday is 

 usually told off for the south and south-west of the 

 town of Bedford — e.g., Bromham, for the coverts of 

 Hangers^ Bromham Spinnies, and Salem Thrift; 

 Wootton_, for a good covert of Sir C. Payne's ; Cran- 

 field, for Marston Thrift (where the Duke of Bedford 

 has always plenty of foxes) ; Moulsoe Village for 

 Moulsoe Wood and Drake's Gorse (the latter planted 

 by Lord Carrington^ who owns all Moulsoe^ and is 

 another right good friend to the Oakley Hunt) ; 

 Chicheley (Mr. Chester's) for the fine covert of 

 Thick Thorn and on to Sherrington Woods (Mr. 

 Tyrringham's) ; and Turvey, round which Mr. F. 

 Higgins has many foxes. 



Thursday is for the Thurleigh side, where the 

 coverts are smaller and the country more open than 

 anywhere else. From the White Lion^ Ravensden, 

 they may draw the coverts of Ravensden Grange or 

 Putnoe ; from Renhold Capt. P. Turner's good wood 

 is adjacent. In the St. Neot's neighbourhood are 

 the meets of Roxton^ Hail-Weston (where is a good 

 covert), Bushmead (on the borders of the Cambridge- 

 shire), Little Staughton and Thurley Windmill. 



No Hunt is more staunchly supported by its 

 members, and the country generally, than the Oakley. 

 Foxhunting is actively upheld throughout its breadth 

 by preservation, and, if need be, by purse. And 

 conspicuous among the leading supporters are the 

 Dukes of Bedford and Manchester, Lord Cowper, 

 Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Magniac, Mr. H. Thornton,, and 

 Lord Charles Russell. The last-named has taken the 



