Records of the Old Charlton Hunt 



a single bush, 22 couple of hounds with Tom Johnson & 

 Jack liow stuck to the old scent, & the hounds ran very 

 hard through the Willam wood, the Haslets, & almost to 

 Stansted forrest, & back again to the Hasletts & there as 

 Tom Thought ran him to ground, whilst David with 13 

 couple of hounds & the rest of the company ran the fresh 

 fox in view by Chilgrove through Phillis wood & all 

 Lukenor's cops's, the Marloes & Charlton forrest to Punty's 

 Cops, there, by the help * of Young Battine's hounds they 

 divided, ran hare, rabit, & every thing butt fox, so wee lost 

 our scent & came home. 



1743. 



Thursday: Jan^. G^^. 



Red Robin My Self. 

 Lord Mayor Joe Budd. 

 Tetlow ... Jemy Gardiner. 



Found in the ruel, ran through the deans Hebedon 

 Cops, Bay Coomb, & try'd Butthill earth, then back again 

 through Bay Coomb over fair mile, & up again to the ruel, 

 over Arundel parke, crofs the road to Torton Comon & back 

 again to the Deans, where a grey hound catch'd her, a bitch 

 fox. N.B. The grey hound was imediatly hang'd.f 



* True sarcasm. 



f Summary justice. But what did the owner say ? 



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