70 1885. 



February i6th. — 



The hounds met at the cross roads at 

 North Barrow, and, in spite of its being a 

 thoroughly wet morning, there was a fair field 

 out. We went directly to Alford, and, finding 

 in a small cover, hounds went away at score, 

 heading for Castle Gary, over the hill by 

 Galhampton Gullies, on, over the Castle Gary 

 Allotments, coming to a check on the ploughs 

 be3'Ond after a real race of twenty-two minutes. 

 Orbell cast the pack in vain to try and recover 

 the line, but had to give it up. After touching 

 a weak line in Hadspen we found a fresh fox 

 in Lilywood, and he was quickly raced to 

 ground in Pitcombe Earths ; some hounds 

 meantime had run the line of another to 

 Bratton Hill, but sport was over for the day, 

 and from here we went home. The excellent 

 scent in the morning was a great improvement 

 on what we have lately experienced, and, though 

 the rain was soaking us through, there was no 

 wind, and we were able really to enjoy the 

 sharp gallop of the morning. 



