Sir Watkin Wynn's. 79 



Mistertou. Beginning in a minor capacity with the 

 Quorn, in the days of Sir Harry Goodrick, and the 

 kennels at Thrussington, he went at the end of five 

 years to whip in to the Oakley and George Beers. Ten 

 years later he came to the Pytchley ; and, after nine- 

 teen years unexampled success with them, took service 

 under Sir Watkin, and is now in his sixteenth year at 

 Wynnstay, with all his old keenness and happiness in 

 the sport as strongly marked as ever. 



The coverts of the Hunt are nearly all small places 

 — chiefly of natural growth. Beyond the Duke^s 

 Woods and their immediate neighbours there is 

 scarcely a covert large enough to be of use in cub 

 hunting, though all the country is well stocked with 

 foxes. 



Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday are 

 the four usual hunting days ; and in noting how they 

 are distributed we can point out any peculiarities 

 marking the different sides of the country. 



Monday and Friday generally alternate with each 

 other in being assigned to the home district or to the 

 Shropshire — more often termed the Baschurch — side. 

 The home district includes the roughest ground in 

 the Hunt and the only strong woods. The latter are 

 Brynypys, Duke's Woods (Lord Brownlow^s), Penley 

 Dingles (the property of the widow of a very fine 

 sportsman, the late Eev. E. H. Dymock), and The 

 Wyches, part of which belong to Mr. T. Drake, part 

 to Mr. God sal. They are all situated in a line, and 

 are thoroughly cared for from end to end. Brynypys 

 (Mr. Edmund PeeFs, an excellent preserver) is the 

 most common meet for these coverts. The Trotting 



