340 The Hunting Countries of England. 



fixtures, fhe latter being devoted to those nearer hom& 

 — with a byeday thrown in occasionally. Of the meets, 

 which are many and various, the following are some 

 of the most frequent — Clun, Walcot Park, Lydbury, 

 Aston, Purslow, Clunton, Kinsley, Trevward, New- 

 castle, Kerry and Kerry Pole, Moat Gate, Bishop^ s 

 Castle, Horderley Station and Lydham. For the 

 lower country Church Stretton and Rushbury Station 

 are the most common ; while for Montgomeryshire 

 Hockleton Bridge, Fordin, Powis-Castle-Park, and 

 Berriew are among the best known. 



In spite of all difficulties in the way of riding, a 

 much larger field turns out regularly with the United 

 Pack than would be supposed — a muster of a hundred 

 being by no means uncommon near the eastern border. 

 The horse for the country, it is almost needless to add, 

 is in all respects the same as for the Wheatland or the 

 Ludlow. 



