302 HUNTING DIRECTORY. 



An extraordinary Pedestrian Sportsman. 



away breast high, passing through the village of Han- 

 bury, thence proceeding in the direction for Tutbury 

 Castle : when near this place, renard turned to the left ; 

 and, after describing a large circle, passed again through 

 Hanbury, and a second time approached Tutbury 

 Castle. — Some dodging took place in the covers here, 

 when at length, renard again faced the open country ; 

 but finding he could not hve before his pursuers, he 

 went to ground in the bottom of a hedge. After digging 

 thirty-five minutes, two foxes were discovered. The 

 run fox was killed ; the second was turned out ; and 

 was lost after a run of thirty-eight minutes. White was 

 very conspicuous during both runs, and at the conclusion 

 of the business, walked home, a distance of fourteen 

 miles ! 



In May last, White ran from Derby to Burton, eleven 

 miles, by the side of the Birmingham mail. In Febru- 

 ary, IS25, he ran from Derby to Nottingham, sixteen 

 miles, by the side of the mail. 



In June, 1825, he ran round the course at Buxton, 

 one mile, in four minutes and fifty seconds, after having 

 walked eighteen miles. 



The gentleman, to whom I am indebted for the fore- 

 going particulars, remarked that " Tom White was a 

 truly interesting young fellow, of most eccentric habits ; 

 good hearted, thoughtless, amiable, and unfortunate." 

 White occasionally attended Sir Henry Every's harriers, 

 and, on such occasions, appeared in a green jacket. Fox 

 Hunting, however, was his favourite sport, and he always 

 honoured it in scarlet. W^hite enlisted into the tenth 

 hussars either in the month of June or July, 1826. 



