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(lioii. se«3reUry), Mv. E. J. Vv'. Wood, Captain Wood, Mr. J. M. Wood, Mr. 

 JInrray-Honey, :Mr. W. ]•:. Staiiier, Mr. T. Cartlich, 3Irs. Guy Knight, Captain 

 Feilden, Major Kearsley, Mr. A. Knowles, Mr. F, G. Mather, JMr. ChalHnor, Mr. 

 C. E. Chalhnor, ]Mr. W. H. Kirkham, I\Ir. A. Brockleliurst, Ui: J. Tayleur, Mr. 

 W. H. Baddelcy, ^Nlr. W. Monld, Amongst hunting farmers were Mr. R. S. 

 Wilkinson (Swinchurch), ]\[essrs. Nunnerley, sen. and jun., Mr. and Mrs. W. 

 IJlockley, Mr. W. Wilkinson (Madeley), Mr. Bourne (Heleigh Castle), IMr. C. 

 Whitton, etc. There was a numerous party on wheels, among whom were Lady 

 Chetwodo and party (Oakley), Mrs. Harrison (Maer), :\[rs. W. E. Stamer (Maer), 

 ms. Broughton (Doddington), etc. Directly after the hounds were put into 

 cover a fox was on foot, and soon after " halloas " were in all directions. After 

 bustling foxes about in cover, one went away at the bottom end of the wood, as 

 if for Admiral Gorse, but turning to the left skirted Harrow's AYood and Three 

 Brooks, and leaving Peewit Hall on the left went straight for Doddington Park. 

 After carrying the line into Chapel Wood, where two or three foxes were on 

 foot, hounds got away Avith the fox on the Hatherton side of the park, but the 

 fox, being lieaded, came back into the park again. However, another fox was 

 '■ halloaed " away on the same side, and Dickins, getting liis hounds quickly on the 

 line, went away by Hatherton, and with the Broomlands on the right, through 

 Hankelow, crossing the river Weaver, and over the Great Western Railway and 

 Shropshire Union Canal ; then bearing to the right, went on, leaving tbe Stick 

 Cover on the right, nearly up to Nantwich, fox being lost near the canal. Found 

 again in Buerton Gorse, and had a fast twenty minutes. On Wednesday the 

 meet was at Bird-in-Hand. A good fox was found in Bromley Wood, went 

 through the gorse, leaving Slierratt's "Wood on the riglit, past Middleton Green, 

 and, crossing the North StatYordshire Railway near Leigh Station, ran parallel 

 with the railway line nearly up to Bramshall, where he turned up to the right 

 and came back by Loxley Park and to ground in Carry Coppice, in the Meynell 

 country. They found in the afternoon in Brindley's Plantation, and ran through 

 ]^>irch Wood Park, but, darkness coming on, the fox had to be given up. 



THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HOUNDS. 



A GOOD KUX. 



Notwithstanding the counter-attraction of Keele Races, there was a large 

 Held at Norton-in-Hales, three miles from Market Drayton, where these hounds 

 met on ;Monday, including the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Misses 

 Chaplin, Lady Angela St. Clair Erskine, Sir George Chetwode, Major Kearsley, 

 i\rr. H. T. Barclay, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Knowles, Mr. Hall (Kynsal), Mr. W. 

 Wolley (Market Drayton), Mr. and Mrs. H. Ker Colville, Captains G. and C. 

 Harding, IMr. Twemlow (Peatswood), Mr. H. R. Corbet (Master of the South 

 Chesliire), Mr. liertie Corbet, Mr. Dobson, Mrs. Hollis, Mr. A. Heath, Mr. R. 

 Wood, Captain Stjimer, ]\Ir. A. Simpson, ,Captain Wood, Mr. F. J. Harrison 

 (^laer), Mr. ]'. H. Rawson (the Brand), Mr. Murray-Honey, Mr. Greaves 

 (Hankelow), Mr. Donaldson-Hudson, and Mr. J, Bourne (Mucklestone). The 

 iirst find was at Brown Hill, but the fox was reluctant to leave the covert, and 

 when at length lie did so he crossed the Brown Hill road and ran nearly to 

 RidgAvardine, where lie turned to the right and crossed the North Stafford Rail- 

 way, and at length was run out of scent near to Betton, and the probability is 

 that he had crossed over to Oakley. After several covers had been drawn 

 blank, we trotted to Kellock's Gorse, and directly hounds liad passed the covert a 



