THE HISTORY OF THE BELVOIR HUNT 



Quorn country after Sir Richard Sutton's death, and Lord 

 Forester was invited to take his hounds there. Naturally 

 such an event was recorded by Goodall, The diary runs 

 as follows : " Wednesday, January 9th, was one of the finest 

 days' sport I ever saw. Met at Old Dalby Wood ; found 

 the first fox in Monday's [sic] Gorse ; went away very fast 

 for Thrussington, bore away to the right between Burton 

 and Walton Thorns, and away to Willoughby Gorse, which 

 they reached after a tremendous burst of thirty-five minutes ; 

 then away again by Willoughby as hard as they could 

 scream for eighty minutes longer, and they ran into him 

 most handsomely in the open, a field before any horseman. 

 Found the second fox in Lord Ailesford's [sic] Gorse, and 

 went away by Schoby Scholes to the left very fast, by Ash- 

 fordby away between Welby fish-ponds and Goodricke's 

 Gorse, away to the left, leaving Wartnaby and Kettleby on 

 the right, Schoby on the right, and they ran into him most 

 handsomely one field over the brook, after a splendid run 

 of one hour and five minutes ; a very old dog fox. I rode 

 my good old horse Catch-me-who-can first. A cold, raw 

 morning, west-north-west ; falling glass, snow at intervals 

 and country very deep and heavy. Layman, Charlotte, 

 Sylvia, Phillis, Lenity, Redrose, Graceful all got good 

 marks." 



In the same year there is a very characteristic account 

 of a run in the Lincolnshire country : — 



"Friday, February Zth, 1855. — We met at Newton toll- 

 bar ; found the first fox in Newton Gorse ; went away by 

 Osbournby, taking a ring all round Aswarby and Swarby up 

 to Tally-ho Gorse, and killed him after running fifty-five 

 minutes. Second fox in Newton Wood ; went away slowly 

 close by Aunsby over the plough, crossing the road between 

 Culversthorpe and Swarby and straight away over Tindall's 

 farm to Broad Water ; here we were holloaed to a fresh fox, 

 which the hounds set to with a determined manner away 

 through Rauceby Plantation, Bully Wells, over Sleaford 

 Carr, and away close by Quarrington, pointing for Aswarby 

 Thorns, close past Willoughby and away pointing straight 



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