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in charge, while hounds wore liunted by Boxall. A large field included Mr. A. 

 Heath, I\l.P., Colonel and Mrs. Dobson, Mr. Vaughan-Williams, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Ridgway, Miss Hill Child, Miss Paddock, Mr. and Mrs. John Knight, Miss Knight, 

 Miss Bourne, ]\[iss Hart, Messrs. Wedgwood, Birch, Thompson, Mold (Trentham), 

 Fernie, Bennion, Forster, Phillips, IMather, Hawley, Scarisbrick, Kirkhani, 

 Hilton, Grover, Hines, Copeland, and Hughes. From Downs Banks a fox was 

 immediately pushed out, but was marked to ground after a short spin ; while a 

 second customer from the gorse at Kibblestone gave another short burst. On 

 going to Black Lake, a fox got well away on the Fulford side, crossed the road, 

 and ran up to Stallington Heath, through the cover, on up to the Nurseries, and 

 thence to the Windmill. Here lie appeared to be taking his line for Cocknage, 

 but, leading the way over Rough Close Common, came on to Moddershall, back 

 through the cover from which he originally emerged, and was killed hard by 

 Stallington Hall, following a clinking run without a check and over a nice bit of 

 country. Scent improved considerably, and was much keener than it has been 

 of late. 



" December 2Gth, 1900. Bird-in-Hand.—DrQv^ Sherratt's Wood and Brindley'a 

 Wood ])lank. Found in Bromley Wood. Had a good run through Hose Wood 

 to Saverley Green Cross Gate, Stallington Heath, Black Lake, and beat us at 

 Stallington Grange. Drew the Gorse and Leacroft blank. Went back to Draycot 

 Woods. Found a ringing fox in Draycot Gorse. After bustling him from one 

 ■wood to another, ran him to ground in Bromley Wood. A beautiful day for the 

 time of year. There was a large field out of every description, and we had a fair 

 day's sport. The gallop from Bromley Wood was very enjoyable. 



'^ Decemler 31s<, 1900. Madeley Road Station. — Found and killed at 

 Radwood. Found again in the Bitterns. Had a nice hunt to Beeches Wood and 

 back by Radwood, and beat us at Aston Cliffe. Found in Wrinehills. Had 

 another good hunting run by Finson's Hay, Admiral's Gorse, College Fields, 

 Buerton Gorse, Adderley Gorse, and ran him to ground in Cox Bank, Adderley. 

 A nice hunting day, and one of the best, if not the best, of the season up to now. 

 There was a nice holding scent ; hounds could go on hunting their fox without 

 any trouble. The run from Wrinehill to Adderley was good all through, and 

 made a good finish for the old year. 



"Janua.y 14:th, 1901. Wyhu7ibury.—Yound on the Moss (three). Had a 

 nice run by Blakenhall Moss to Checkley Wood and Mill Green, and ran him to 

 ground on the Brook side near the New Chapel, Bridgemere. Drew Doddington 

 blank. Found in the osier-bed at the Clitfe, and had another good hunt by 

 Blakenhall to Shaw's Rough, Robin Hood's Wood, Lea Park, Chapel Wood, 

 Broomlands ; from there by Pewit Hall to Admiral's Gorse, through it by Will 

 Green, and stopped the hounds on Mr. Noden's farm, Bridgemere, at five o'clock. 

 The first run was one hour and forty minutes ; the second run was two hours. 

 This was the first time we could draw the coverts at Wybunbury for over thirty 

 years, owing to the owner being against hunting. We had a real good day's 

 sport. On our way home by the Mill Hay Wood, Woore, hounds broke away 

 on the line of a fox in the dark. Ran by Finson's Hay, and stopped them at 

 Bridgemere. His Grace hunted the hounds. 



''January 21st, 1901. Norton-in-JTales.— Drew the Glades and Golling's 

 Rough blank. Found a mangy fox in Adderley Gorse. Bustled him about nicely, 

 and ran him over to Cox Bank and killed. Found again in Adderley Gorse. Ran 

 nicely to Golling's Rough, back by the Gorse to Buerton Gorse, where we soon 

 had several foxes on foot, but hounds stuck to a line of another fox and killed 

 him. We got on to another fox in the covert, and hunted him nicely about 



