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Elwes of Colesbourue (au old and good friend to fox- 

 hunting). At Cowley Mr. Richardson -Gardener has 

 always had foxes in his wood, since he came into pos- 

 session. At one time he kept a pack of staghounds; 

 and the deer — both red and white — that he then 

 hunted are now to be seen (or their progeny) browsing 

 in the park. Rencomb Lodge is a popular fixture, 

 bringing out the Cirencester division in force. 

 From it they draw the nice wood of Old Park, 

 CHfferdine, and Eycot, all good coverts on the 

 Rencomb estate. Combend Wood has also plenty of 

 foxes, being most successfully looked after by the 

 Rev. J. Pitt and a farmer, Mr. J. Pope. Woodmancote 

 is for Moore Wood, the property of another good fox 

 preserver, Mr. J. P. Haines. From North Cerney 

 they generally go to Badgendon AYood and Hinton^s 

 Gorse (Mr. Capel Croome^s), and perhaps to Dagling- 

 worth Grove — quite on the outskirts of the country 

 and within a mile of the extensive Cirencester Woods, 

 into which, of course, they frequently run. On the 

 roughest district of the Hunt are also the following 

 Saturday meets — Birdlip for Whitcomb and the 

 Cranham Woods (the latter belonging to Lady 

 Croomie, and carefully tended in the interests of fox- 

 hunting by her nephew Mr. N. Hicks-Beach) ; Brims- 

 field for the Park Wood and the Syde Woods ; 

 Miserden (in a region almost precipitous) with 

 Miserden Park Wood, Winston Wood, a good covert 

 on the hill side, and the Woods of Cranham and 

 Whitcomb to follow. Prinknash Gate is in the same 

 neighbourhood, and has also the coverts of Prinknash 

 Park and Pope Wood. 



