1874-75.] A niOTEST AdAINST BCTCHERY. 155 



There can be little (l()ul)t tlie run tox ^vas left here ; for he 

 was fairly hunted to a standstill. ])Ut let this be as it may, 

 the chase went on tlirough Owston Wood ; and hounds were 

 whipped oft" when breaking on in full cry for Prior's Coppice. 

 Vet it was a right good run and a right good point, while a 

 better line could not be picked out in Leicestershire. From 

 Barkby Holt to the smaller (^wston Wood is a straight nine 

 miles, while the gully mentioned is not a mile short of it. 

 Prominent- among those who saw and enjoyed it were Lord 

 (irey de Wilton, Col. Forester, Sir J. Ffolkes, Capts.Molyneux, 

 Yates, Farley, and King, with about a dozen others to make 

 up a number best calculated for the truest enjoyment of a run. 

 It cannot but be noted, too, that Miss Hemming rode w^ell to 

 the front throughout ; and that the gre}' showed no falling off" 

 from his previous form over Leicestershire. 



A PROTEST AGAINST BUTCHERY, 



Wednesday, Februauy '24th. 



Six incbes of snow and a confirmed malignant frost. 

 Hunting, too, has only another month of life — of which this is 

 in truth but a deathlilve phase. So broken a winter lias not 

 been known for years. 



But taking advantage of the present dearth of material for 

 history, I would crave leave to speak a few words on the matter 

 of Digging out of Foxes. I have no intention whatever of 

 making an attack on any particular Hunt, Master, or Hunts- 

 man ; but merely to bring the subject forward as a fact that 

 demands either justification or active condemnation. 



Granting that there are two ways of looking at every ques- 

 tion, let us for once refrain from limiting our vision to one 

 side, and aim at something lil<:e an impartial view, before 

 plumping arbitraril}' for our own opinion, or asking for 3'ours, 

 worshipful reader. In order to do this, I must request you to 



