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A GUIDE TO THE 



STAFFORDSHIRE. 



FOXHOUNDS. 



Favourite Fixtures. — High Onn; Plough Weston ; Blym Hill; 

 Stretton; Weston; Bishop's Wood ; Enville; Lizzard; Whiston 

 Cross; Chillington; Burnel Green; Broad Bridge. 



The Earl of Stamford took the Albrighton Hounds last 

 Aprilj Mr. T. Hoiyoake having had the management of them 

 for the last nine seasons. Sir Bellingham Graham hunted 

 a part of the Albrighton country for two seasons. There are 

 a few covers in Shropshire and Worcestshire belonging to 

 the Albrighton ; but Staffordshire is their chief country ; it 

 extends from the Ran Dans^ in Worcestershire, to Seighford, 

 on the north of Stafford, a distance approximating to forty 

 miles. The kennels are at En\dlle, and they have an out- 

 kennel at the Summer-house. His lordship hunts the coun- 

 try without subscription, and is particularly fortunate in the 

 possession of, certainly, one of the best huntsmen in the world. 

 Will Staples. This is WilFs first season with the Albrighton, 

 and he reports '' a fair sprinkling of foxes." 



