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and tlie crops and fences of the farmers^ it was last 

 year decided to discontinue advertising the meets ; 

 and the fixtures are now only circulated by card. In 

 the south of the country and in the woodlands the 

 fields are naturally very much smaller ; but the 

 favourite and more convenient meets show how strong 

 a body is the North Stafibrdshire Hunt. Where 

 there are so many industries and factories there must 

 be wealth ; and where wealth can find so attractive an 

 outlet as joining a good pack of hounds in a good 

 country^ small wonder that dives takes to hunting the 

 fox. Thus, what with townsmen and county-men. 

 Lord Stafi'ord has a very strong following indeed. 



Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday being 

 the days of hunting — Monday is usually for the strong 

 coverts not far from home, Wednesday for the Cheshire 

 side, Friday and Saturday for the rest of the country, 

 south and south-east of the Kennels. Among the 

 Monday meets are The Kennels or Trentham Hall, for 

 the Trentham coverts ; Stapleford Bridge or Swmner- 

 ton Hall for Swinnerton Old Park ; Loggerhead for 

 the big woodlands of Burnt Wood and Bishops Wood ; 

 while on the edge of the country, adjoining The 

 Shropshire and Albrighton, is a meet at Cheswardine, 

 for Chipnall Wood and a gorse or two, with the great 

 woods again for the afternoon. 



Wednesday has recently been arranged instead of 

 Friday for the west of the country, so that the 

 members of both Hunts — The Cheshire and North 

 Staffordshire — can avail themselves of a day with 

 each pack. Some three meets take in the whole of 

 this side, viz., Doddington and Woore, for the coverts 



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