220 THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HOUNDS. 



"Jawua?-?/ 17^7i, 1898. Madeley Village. — Drew Wrinehills blank. Found in 

 Checkley Wood. Lost him near Checkley village. Drew Shaw's Rough blank. 

 Found in Chapel AVood, Doddington. Lost him at Birchall Moss. Found again 

 in Finson's Hayes Gorse. Ran fast back into Doddington Park ; lost him near the 

 Lake. Found three foxes in Chapel "Wood a second time. Hounds stuck to one, 

 and ran one for nearly an hour in the wood. Ran him to ground ; got him out and 

 killed. The fox we lost near the Lake was afterwards found drowned in the Lake. 



'■^January 20th, 1898. Michlow House. — Found in Micklow Gorse. Ran fast 

 to Darlaston Wood ; ran him to ground in the Trent Wood. Drew Yarnfield 

 Osiei--bed and the Fox Covert blank. Found in the Pilson's. Ran him to ground 

 near Meece. Found and ran to ground on Tittensor Chase. Found in Trentham 

 Wood. Had an unusual hunt. The fox ran right round the Lake, back through 

 the Wood, away at the top of the hill, and up to Hanchurch ; back by Cliff's 

 Rough, over Mr. Lakin's farm, and into the Kennel field, through High Greaves 

 AVood, over the Park, and back into the wood, and beat us. A very good scent- 

 ing day. Hounds ran fast. Cora, a hound puppy, joined the hounds at Tittensor, 

 and hunted with them and came home like an old hound. Also AVasp, a terrier, 

 worked with the pack from Trentham AVood. His Grace hunted the hounds. 



*^ January 2Qth, 1898. Seighford. — Found in the Moors. Had a very nice 

 gallop by Great Bridgeford, through the White Hart to Walton Bank ; then 

 swung to the left; went back by Radford Pool, Brickyard AVood, the AVitches, 

 and ran him to ground at Docksey. Found a brace in the AVitches. Ran fast 

 towards Seighford, turned to the right, back by the Ashes to the Moors, away 

 on the far side, and ran him to ground in the AVhite Hart AVood. Drew the Cross- 

 roads AVood blank. Found in AVilliam's AVood a brace. Had a very sharp 

 gallop, about twenty-five minutes, and ran him to ground in a drain; bolted 

 him and killed. A nice day's sport. Hounds ran fast at times. Mr. Dobson, of 

 Seighford Hall, had the misfortune to lose a good mare. 



" January 31 st, 1898. Woore. — Drew the Mill Hay, Admiral's Gorse, and 

 Harrow's AVood blank. Found in the Three Brooks. Ran him into the second 

 field from the covert, and killed. Found again in the Three Brooks. Had a nice 

 little run for ten minutes ; ran him to ground near Pewit Hall. Found again 

 in Chapel AVood, Doddington. Ran sharp over to AVybunbury, and lost. Drew 

 Buerton Gorse and Adderley Gorse blank. Foimd in Golling's Rough. Had a 

 nice gallop by the Brand, Norton-in-Hales Station, to Bellaport, where hounds 

 got divided. One lot went on by AVoore Hall, and lost near the Crab Wood ; the 

 other lot was stopped in covert at Bellaport. After a very stormy night, it turned 

 out a nice day with a fairish scent. His Grace hunted the hounds. 



^'February 16th, 1898. Bird-in-Hand, — Found in Hose AVood. Hounds 

 ran fast through New Close Sprink, Draycot Gorse, Sherratt's AVood to Witley 

 Brook, by Garshall Green, nearly to the Bird-in-Hand, and ran him to ground 

 near New Buildings Farm. Found again in Black Lake. Ran him to ground 

 near Stallington. Drew Black Lake again, also Stallington Gorse and Heath 

 blank. Found in the Nurseries. Had a sharp gallop. A ring through Stallington, 

 Black Lake, Moddershall Oaks, the Nurseries, back to Stallington and beat us. 

 It was blowing a gale all the time. A very windy day, but hounds could run. A 

 good forty-five minutes with the first fox. 



^^ February 2Sf,h, 1898. The Cliffe, Wybunhury. — Drew Jerusalem and Lea 

 Park blank. Found in Blakenhall Moss. Had a very nice gallop over to 

 AVrinehills, through Beeches AA^'ood, into Checkley AVood, and beat us near the 

 village. Drew Shaw's Rough blank. Found in Chapel AVood. Had nice gallop 

 to Admiral's Gorse, where another fox went away towards Woore, but did not 



