288 1887. 



who ran in and enjoyed a supper, of which 

 four of the field only were spectators, besides 

 the Master and First Whip. This really first- 

 rate run occupied more or less an hour and 

 twenty minutes. 



January 24th. — 



Golden Gate, Bagber. After drawing 

 Bagber Copse blank, hounds got on to a flying 

 fox from Hargrove Copse, and ran a twisting 

 line, with only middling scent, to Thornhill 

 Obelisk, and then round by the House to, and 

 through, Common Plantation, and killed close 

 to Drake's Copse. Our second fox found 

 himself as we drew the Thornhill Estate ; he 

 crossed the river near Warrbridge Gate, and 

 went for Stock Covers, but on the Common he 

 was apparently headed, and came back right- 

 handed towards Ricketts, Warrbridge Gate, and 

 was lost near Thornhill Obelisk. A find in 

 Holtham resulted in a short gallop by Common 

 Plantation and to ground near Stalbridge, and, 

 when he had been dislodged and eaten, hounds 

 found their evening fox in Prior's Down. The 



