MEMOIRS Or the BELVOIR HOUNDS

M EM O I R S

OF THE

B EL V O I R H O U N DS .

C H AP T ER I .

H IST R Y D O OF THE BELVOIR H O UN S .

I s Belvoir Hounds , whose chronicles it my aim to collect and present to the reader 111 as

concise a form as possible , have been handed 1 7 5 0 down in an uninterrupted descent from the year , n and probably from a much earlier period , to the prese t

of time . They have always been in the possession the n Rutland family , and the greatest care and attentio

on . has , for at least a century, been bestowed them

m all Bred fro the best packs in the kingdom , their lineal descent never having been broken or interrupted by sales , or other untoward causes having, moreover, 7 0 for years , been under the control of Huntsmen

da acknowledged to have been the best of their y, can it be doubted that the Belvoir hounds possess as much

B ME MOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOUND S . excellen ce and intrinsic value as any pack can hope to attain to . This their extraordinary family likeness ,

r thei stamina in chase , their undaunted courage ,

u of and the thoro ghbred sheen their coats , bear M m ample testimony to . oreover , fro the large extent of country they are enabled to hunt over through the assistance and good will of both landed proprietors

m of and farmers , as also fro the extensive lands the

of House Belvoir , they have always had the great

of c advantage being kept up to oncert pitch , as well in t d the cub hunting as in he regular season . The woo lands also are s o extended and varied as to afford

r of d eve y facility for the education the young houn s , and for ensuring that condition and stamina for which the hounds have been ever remarkable . What can we s ay of the m en who have successively trained and

? O N of S hunted them f ewman , haw , Goosey , and

G o o m ? E hall , and their present hunts an , Cooper ach ” of E c of was a master the N oble Science . a h them was capable not only of riding to them in the ﬁeld , m t w and handling the to the bes advantage , but , hat

no of is of less consequence , crossing and breeding

a l them judiciously , and keeping them up to near y

and perfect standard ; a standard difﬁcult to attain , f when attained , no less difﬁcult to preserve rom

e or det rioration and a retrograde movement . N should we omit honorable mention of the farmers and yeomen whose names have for many years , equally with the gentlemen and members of the hunt , been intimately

o f associated with the Belvoir hounds ; the Blands ,

Burbid es the Wings , the g , the Kings , and a host more MEMOIR S or THE BELVOIR HOUNDS . 3

too numerous to recount in these p ages ; but who will vie with o ne another in their love of sport and a go o d horse and who disdain to whimper at a trodden wheat d And or n n . ﬁel , broke dow hedgerow through the

W of ide extent country hunted by the Belvoir hounds , from Leadenham on the N orth to Colsterworth on the S t n ou h , and from Wiverton o the West, to the German

’ O on E cean the ast, it may be proudly said there is scarcely a landowner or farmer antagonistic to the sport of foxhunting ; while the landed gentry, the

Whichcotes Thorolds C holmele s W lb s , y , e ys , Reeve ,

F ‘Nills ons N anes , , eviles , Gregorys , Hamiltons ,

Turnor s N Winchils eas D , ortons , Heathcotes , , ysarts ,

H arb orou hs Heathcotes , g , have to a man been its u stren ous advocates . In these pages I have been able to compile a most correct account o f every good run with the Belvoir 1 7 9 9 1 8 6 t hounds from to 6 ; they are strictly correc , because each one was written directly after the event by practical sportsmen connected with the hounds . The runs selected are those considerably above the average each season omitting a vast many which have at the time been highly inte resting and successful .

S fe w of ome of the runs , and not a , are the class ably “ described by Lord Lonsdale as Historical Runs . From 1 7 9 9 each run is taken from the daily written w account (after ards printed) of the Belvoir book . up

1 8 2 8 n u to , when the pri ted books were nfortunately discontinued ; the remainder is taken from Lord ’ Forester s and my own j ournals up to the present year . It is interesting in reviewing the sp ort day by day of

13 2 4 T H D MEMOIRS or HE BELVOIR OUN s .

6 7 how m these seasons , in number , to observe uch the same lines were chosen by foxes ; in fact the runs of the early part of the century (supposed to have been the golden age of foxhunting) and the usual run of 0 sport was about the same as during the last 2 ye ars .

f and It is true the face o the country is much altered , by draining and good farming made more easy to ride

I m f o f over, still a o opinion the sport the present

c day is as good as formerly . By referen e to the diaries

of 1 8 0 0 I quote from , some the seasons between and 1 8 8 0 were dry and bad scenting, the result being bad A sport, no straight points , and ringing foxes . gain ,

of wet n as late years , came seaso s , then straight runs

or and tired horses were the order of the day . N do I imagine that the foxhound of the present day is in

an of 1 82 0 y way changed from the hound , any more

than the well -bred hunter of to - day is a whit better or w orse than the same bred horse of that period .

as I This narrative , before said , embraces the f 7 o 6 1 7 9 9 1 86 6 . v period years , from to The Bel oir

c 1 7 9 9 1 82 9 book was printed ea h year from to , when n it was discontinued . It was written duri g cub hunting

one by the huntsman , and during the regular season by

of F 1 82 9 to 1 8 3 5 the Belvoir family . rom there is a I 1 gap cannot ﬁll up as the records are lost . In 8 2 9

F of Lord orester took the mastership the hounds , which , after managing with the greatest satisfaction to d all classes , and with the greatest zeal and knowle ge of

- i the science for twenty eight seasons , he resigned nto

of D u the hands their owner , the present uke of R tland , 18 7 ’ in 5 . From his lordship s daily j ournal the narra MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOUNDS . 5

tive is c ontinued through those years and up to 1 8 5 6

’ ’ cc l the remaining a ounts are from Goodal s , Cooper s , n and my o w j ournals .

1 7 5 7 of 2nd In , the reign George , and in the time

of 8rd D of J of the uke Rutland , called ohn the Hill ,

of of there is a list the number hunters kept, and names f w h o . their o ners , t en hunting with the Belvoir hounds

of 2 9 0 in The number horses kept was , a proof that that

- n day the hunt was a popular and well established o e . Early in the present century (from 1 8 0 0 to 18 04) the Belvoir hounds were bred a good deal from the Duke

’ of Beaufort s , which were at that time an established

of pack foxhounds the Beaufort stallion hounds used , were Comus , Champion , Topper , and Collier . Henry, d f 2n D o . uke Beaufort, kept hounds His j ournal 1 7 2 ll 1 4 begins in 9 . They were a harriers till 7 8 ; then deerhounds were added , and in that year there were

3 0 of b arriers 6 o f g, couples and couples deerhounds ;

1 7 4 2 w 2 1 b arriers 2 0 and in there ere % couples , couples 1 7 4 8 deerhounds ; in no harriers , couples deer

one c hounds , ouple foxhounds , Thunder and Giddy ;

1 7 44 88 one in , couples deerhounds and couple fox hounds . Two of the most famous stallion hounds at

B o ll wood 1 85 8 Sin er 185 5 Belvoir, y ( ) and g ( ) trace their pedigrees back to Beaufort hounds In ten

S on stress generations , through a famous bitch , g her . was Costl 8 04 Cham ion g dam y ) by the Beaufort p , o ut of Transport (1 8 0 0) by Beaufort Topp er from this strain of blood most of the best stallion hounds are descended . I have made this digression to show

r and eau e that the Belvoi B fort k nnels were , in tho se T B N 6 MEMOIRS or HE ELVOIR HOU DS .

of days , closely related , and have inserted part the

a ll wood and S in er pedigrees of R y g .

’ Sir R . Sutton s ’ ’ Y b u h B si is k R i n w By L ord ar oro g s a l g ood F encer M r. 0 s Farrier R a llywood Bragila Rosebud !R ector Frolic ’ M r Lumley s S i nger Fencer (1840)

Guider l Rakish

’ iv e ene ati n to O sb aldeston s u ie th u h Fence who was out of F g r o s F rr r ro g r , V l ClOll S th e dam th e am us Ch i te , of f o or s r .

’ L ord Fitz william s Shiner Champi on (1846) C amus (1850) Concord Beatl’ a m (1840) Barmaid (1848) Rose bud (1836) ’ M r . Drak e s Dus ter Sing er S en yr (1849) Sp ri g htli/ s . to Sp ee dwell ’ (Rallywood s dam) G ui lty (1846)

’ R a ll wood c u y , ommonly known as Lord Yarboro gh s

R all wo o d y , to distinguish him from subsequent famous

’ o f d dogs his name , is thus described in Goo all s j ournal This is a most beautiful little short legged

of w u dog , exceedingly light bone , but ith bea tiful legs

f . and eet I got him in exchange for R aglan in 1 8 5 0 . W S This dog was considered by the late . mith to be

one of the best bred hounds in the Brocklesby kennels .

R osebud she 1 0 old , his dam , worked until was years

she was never known to do anything wrong . They are ”

everlastin . perfection in their work , and g The stud book of b ounds bred at Belvoir goes

c to 1 7 5 6 u w ba k the year , and is contin ed ithout a MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOUNDS . 7

1 7 8 0 w break till , hen most unfortunately all record was of 1 7 9 1 of 1 1 lost the pedigrees till , a period years , or about 525 generations ; but from 1 7 9 1 the line is accurately preserved in unbroken des cent to the present time . O n only three occasions were the hounds added to

v iz —In 1 7 9 8 1 5 from other packs , , couples were added

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. 1 8 10 1 0 C from Lord Carlisle s In , ouples were bought

M r . 1 8 17 7 M r from Templar . In , couples from . Pelham . Probably before about 1 7 5 0 the hounds were not “ ” c entered solely to fox , as was generally the ase E 1 7 5 0 throughout ngland . In mention is made of

of at four couples puppies entered Brocklesby , by

’ ’ D o h oct r w o s on of M r . N Lord Granby s , was a oel s Victor ; showing there were hounds of some note in

s u e that day at Belvoir . The tallion hounds in s at

’ 1 7 5 6 m Chetwo de s Belvoir were , in , fro Lord kennel ;

’ ’ 1 7 5 7 D of Sir J , from uke Grafton s and ohn Key s ; ’ R 1 7 6 0 M r . D , Pelham s Vigo and attler , and from uke ’ o f D 1 7 62 Thanet s 1 7 6 3 evonshire ; , Lord Rasper ; , D D ’ d ’ uke of evonshire s Victor , Lor Townsend s Captain ’ M ’ M r M a n ll 1 7 7 2 M r . s . e s and Clincher , g Royal ; , undy

’ ’ 1 7 7 9 M r M M F Bustler ; , . uster s entor , Lord itzwilliam s f ! ephyr . In the middle and end o the last century the accounts lead us to suppose the Belvoi r hounds M were small . any spayed bitches were kept . The

of country , especially the Vale Belvoir , was unenclosed down to N ewark ; Whatton was one of the last lordships

o d enclosed . The hounds hunted two r three ays a

week , and scarcely ever went into the far woodlands

beyond Ingoldsby wood . The country about Belvoir 8 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

d abounded in eer . The hunts people were chieﬂy

n . A s on mounted o horses bred at Belvoir sparagus , o f Pot 8 os and Jupiter were good sires after them old Home and Sir Harry Dimsdale ﬁlled the country with

n r good hd te s . N ewma n began hunting the Belvoir hounds in 1 7 9 1 ; 18 0 5 he hunted them to , when he was succeeded by

a w i M h S r . S , who came from T ostyn , and was a man f o some private property .

S ha w 1 8 1 6 w Thomas G oose hunted them till , hen y

(who had been wln pper - m since succeeded him 184 2 as huntsman , and continued in that situation till ,

as when he went , being advanced in years , kennel

ir C huntsman to S R . Sutton at ottesmore .

N ewman Woods Before , was huntsman for many

- i Fo x w n . years , assisted by as his hipper He came from Hampshire . That was the period of the Duke

’ o f Rutland s minority , and the hounds were under the

of M r management . Perceval , brother to the minister who was assassinated . The hounds were then kept at

M r . . Croxton Park , where Perceval resided B efore

M r . o f 4th D of Perceval, Lord G . Cavendish (son uke Devonshire) and Sir C arnaby H aggerstone were for s ome time masters . In some old papers lent me for perusal by Lord

of Gainsborough , are some interesting records

’ M r . N of C ottesmore s n oel Hounds , the arra gement of of of the hunt boundaries , and a diary some his sport in the middle of the last century . As the Cottesmore and Quorn countries border on the B c n S f w elvoir ou try outh and Wes t, a e extracts N MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 9

’ f M r . N out o from oel s j ournals will not be place , as they note the condition of the hunting in the neighbouring hunts .

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M r N c M r . M e nell s . oel was a ontemporary of y , and the Copy of the agreement about the boundaries of u their co ntries is worth recording, as both were neighbours of the Belvoir hunt . The Cottesmore country has always been considered one of the best in

’ M r 17 6 6 England . . N oel s j ournal records chases from

1 7 8 1 M r A . . N to fter oel , Lord Lonsdale hunted the

for 4 0 of or country years , with the exception four 1 79 8 1 802 ﬁve years , from to , when the hounds were

A of of kennelled at Stocken Hall . family the name Abbay were huntsmen for many years ; Philip Payne

n s c was also huntsma , and he was uc eeded by the

Lamberts . Since then it has repeatedly changed its m ir . S . . Su asters R tton succeeded Lord Lonsdale ,

M r and he again was followed by . Henley Greaves ; the country being hunted ten seasons between them .

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O t M r . Burrou hes n the lat er s retirement, g took the

for s country two easons , after which it was divided ,

ir S J . Trollope after hunting the whole a short time ,

E l M r Tailb taking the ast and the wood ands , . y annexm g the rest to the Quorn .

r M . N oel writes — I Cha ses in 1 7 6 6 . S n O c began at tainby Li gs , tober

1 1 o A 2 7 ; ended at Witham W od , pril ; and killed 4 1 brace of foxes — Cha ses i 7 7 a O . n 1 6 . Beg n at Hambleton Wood , ct

1 8 a G M 14 ; ending at C reby orse , arch ; killing 2 9 % brace . 10 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOU NDS .

— S in 1 7 6 8 . Chases Began at Hilley Wood , eptember 1 2 7 5 6 . 3 ended at Grimsthorpe , April killed 2 brace 1 7 — ’ S a es in 6 9 . Ch s Began at Pryor s Copy , eptember

w M a l st 42 c . 28 ; and ended at Hill ood , y ; killed 5 bra e

’ in 1 7 7 0 — U ﬁord O Chases . Began at Gorse , ctober

8 O n A 1 2 4 0 c . ; ended at wsto Wood , pril killed bra e

— Chases in 1 7 7 1 S S . . Began at tapleford Gorse , ept ’ — 2 1 M W M a 2 4 2 c . ended at ockery ood , y ; killed i bra e

— . B d in u h n h n in mb n N . or G a sboro b a u t t r 21 b a L g eg g Sep e e , I eg o r 21 O ct b e .

C a 1 7 7 — h ses in 2 . o S . 9 Began at Careby W od , ept ; A 4 3 2 8 . ended at Grimsthorpe , pril killed 5 brace

1 7 8 0 o 1 8 1 — r t M . di no 7 . N oel got a fall and d t

. M a 10th hunt this year The hounds hunted till y , 4 6 killing brace of foxes .

of a r Copy greement between M . N oel and

M r M . h f eynell about t e boundaries o their hunts .

O Sk efﬁn ton u wston , Laund , g , Loddington , T gby ,

A Sto ck as ton IVo ods E llexton , and , aston Park , and

the Woods near Holt , to be neutral coverts . The

o n o f - coverts the Langton side those above named , to be d w ra n by Lord Gainsborough . Ashby Pasture not to

w Billes den be dra n by Lord Gainsborough . Coplo w

to be neutral . N o coverts on the Quorn side of b Billesdon Coplow to be drawn y Lord Gainsborough . All n earths in both hu ts to be stopped in common .

O M r M a n these conditions . eynell will eng ge to

v - draw no co erts , except those above named , which he understands to be claimed by Lord Gainsborough as

’ M r . N belonging to oel s hunt . or N MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 1 1

r M M . eynell hopes he shall be permitted to run his

of young hounds in Beaumont chase , for the purpose

m o f breaking them from deer , which he has no eans

els where and doing , , provided he is indulged with that liberty, he will submit to any restrictions with respect to drawing the chase Lord G . shall think proper to prescribe .

c c Should these proposals be a quies ed in , the only

f c o . c overt any consequen e , hitherto drawn by Lord G n A ot w . which he would agree to dra , is shby Pasture

M r M f r Among the coverts which . eynell has o some

of c years been in the habit drawing, and whi h by the n agreement he would be debarred from drawi g, are ’ ’ ’ “f Prior s , Brown s , and Tampion s Coppices , Lady ood ,

O t . rton Park Wood , and Bur on Gorse The following table shows the amount of frosty

on u days which the hounds were nable to hunt, from 1 7 9 9 to 1 8 6 6 ; also the number of foxes killed by the hounds each year

e e t and n w. e e n Y a F x kill d. S aso of r . Fros S o o s

17 9 9 - 1 80 0 5 6 N w days e man , huntsman

1 80 0 - 1 22

1 8 0 1 - 2 3 9

18 02 - 3 4 0

1 80 3 -4 3 5

1 80 4 - 5 4 8

1 8 0 5 - 6 2 8 S w s ha , hunt man

1 80 6 - 7 2 0

18 0 7 - 8 3 6

18 0 8 - 9 82

1 80 9 - 1 0 3 4 2 ME or T B N 1 MOIRS HE ELVOIR HOU DS .

n Frost and S ow. Foxes 2 8 S days haw, huntsman 1 6

3 1 6 6

4 0 4 5 2 3 8 5 Goosey , huntsman 1 6

Account lost 24

1 day 4 9 1 2 9 3 9 3 2 1 9 2 3 25 4 5 Very wet ; much snow A changeable season N o frost ; a mild season

The ab v e six s e s n are r m M r W o a o s f o . . 4 ’ G kill u days as s j o rnal. 1 7 Dry spring 1 6 Goosey, huntsman 4 8 2 8 1 9 or THE 1 MEMOIRS BELVOIR HOUNDS . 3

eas n Yea . F st and Sn w. xe killed S o of r ro o Fo s .

1 84 0 - 4 1 5 0 1 1 1 days Goosey, huntsman

1 84 1 -4 2 3 8 1 02

18 42 -4 8 1 7 9 8 Goodall , huntsman

1 84 3 - 4 4 2 2 1 0 9

18 44 - 4 5 7 1 8 4

1 84 5 - 4 6 t N o a single hard frost ; 5 0 before N ov .

1 84 6 - 4 7 5 0 8 5 days Goodall , huntsman

1 84 7 - 48 1 9 9 6

18 48 - 49 6 84

184 9 - 5 0 2 7 9 0

18 5 0 - 5 1 1 1 6

185 1 - 5 2 9 9 9

1 85 2 - 5 3 1 7 1 0 0

1 8 5 3 - 5 4 4 12 8

1 8 5 4 - 5 5 5 1 9 8

1 85 5 - 5 6 22 11 0

1 85 6 -5 7 3 2 1 2 5

18 5 7 - 5 8 3 0 1 10

1 85 8 - 5 9 3 9 7

- 7 h m 8 0 1 8 5 9 6 0 2 Cooper , unts an

18 6 0 - 6 1 3 6 1 18

1 8 6 1 - 62 1 7 1 12

1 8 62 - 63 5 In N ovember 1 0 7

1 8 6 3 - 64 2 1 1 3 7

18 64 - 6 5 3 6 1 1 1

18 6 5 - 6 6 9 1 1 9 The Belvoir hounds have been crossed with

the other packs as follows , and bred from stallion hounds each year

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17 9 1 F D . In , Lord itzwilliam s exter 4 M EM IRs or THE BE OI N 1 O LV R HO U D S .

M ’ F 1 7 9 2 M r . . , uster s reeman M ’ 1 7 9 8 M r . . , uster s Trueman 1 7 9 4 M ’ D F ’ , Lord onson s ashwood , Lord itzwilliam s d Hedger , Belvoir Bumper and Won er . ’ D ’ 1 7 9 5 Sir . F a , W Lowther s ashwood , Lord itzwilli m s M ’ Leader, Lord onson s Tartar . 1 1 ’ 1 7 9 6 S D c M r . , couples , by Lord pencer s an er,

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L ambton s F . airplay, the Grafton Ringwood 1 7 9 7 5 D 4 , couples by ashwood , ; couples by Belvoir

Laurel . D 1 79 0 1 6 F c . , couples entered by ashwood and lee er

1 7 9 9 15 D , couples by ashwood , also some by Lord

’ ’ D M r L ambton s F Yarborough s ashwood , . air

’ M M r play and arksman , Lord Vernon s aske

and Stormer .

180 0 1 8 c , ouples were entered chiefly by the Beaufort

’ M r m b ov . G a e Comus , Topper , and Censor , Lee s ,

’ F Wildbo Lord itzwilliam s Traitor, Belvoir y,

Woodman . 2 0 180 1 , couples by Beaufort Comus , a large draft

entered from Sir W . Lowther and Lord

’ Fitzwilliam s pack s .

1 02 1 9 — 8 , 5 couples by Beaufort Champion , Belvoir

Tracer and Troj an . 6 n 180 8 , 2 couples entered by Beaufort Champio ,

’ ’ ll s G w man Sir . M eyne y , and G Heathcote s

Ruler .

4 1 9 m n, 18 0 , couples by Beaufort Cha pio by Belvoir

Wildair Bangor , , Collier , Honesty, Regent, and

Splendor . E MEM OIRs or TH BELVOIR HOUNDS . 1 5

’ 18 0 5 1 9 u S S , % co ples by Lord efton s Tamerlane , ultan , J m and Truant , by Belvoir Chaser , u per , Castor, W and ildb oy . 1 0 6 3 1 F ’ 8 , couples by Lord oley s Chanticleer , Lord

’ ’ S S n F efton s Ranter and ulta , Lord itzwilliam s

’ f r al raf D h M . C c t s u Truant and Ponti f, readno g t .

1 80 7 3 of w , 4 couples , hich couples were from the

D o f n n uke Leeds , the e try bei g by Lord F ’ S ’ oley s Chancellor and ultan , Lord Lonsdale s

D . exter , Belvoir Topper and Traveller

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1808 M e nell s S . S , by y ultan , A mith s Hero, Belvoir

Boaster by Bangor , and Castor by Collier .

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180 9 1 9 . S t , couples by A mi h s Hero , by Belvoir J J . upiter by umper , Priam , Castor

’ 1 8 10 28 O sb aldes ton s D Wildair , 5 couples by anger , , J ’ M r . G and oker , by Heron s ilder , Coroner ,

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and N M r . t and D s elson , Chawor h s Lefter ab ter ,

’ and Lord Lonsdale s Tester . Ten couples were

r added from M . Templer .

’ 18 1 1 2 5 —L l M w and , 2 couples by Lord Lonsda e s ill ood

’ ’ l n s W M J O sb a desto r . w ailor , onder , Cha orth s ’ and M Painter Champion , Lord iddleton s

F a . S e rnought , Belvoir Twister and Racer ome l M r . hounds were a so bought from Chaworth .

’ 1 8 18 22 l n d , % coup es by Lord Lo s ale s Tester and

’ , O sb aldeston s J and A x Wonder oker j a ,

’ ’ M r . R Fitzwilliam s Chaworth s oyster , Lord D n read ought . ’ 18 14 1 9 “l e J , couples by Lord Lonsdale s nder and ailor , F ’ D Lord itzwilliam s Charon , Belvoir exter and M ilwood .

N 16 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOU DS .

1 8 15 15 ’ J , couples by Lord Lonsdale s ailor , Wonder ,

’ R all wo o d M r . Governor , Chaworth s y , Belvoir

ld ir A VVi a . Racer , belard , and 18 1 6 2 0 ’ J , couples by Lord Lonsdale s ason and Wonder ,

’ F t A by Lord i zwilliam s Trouncer and rthur,

’ O sb aldeston s J Tr well S n by ason , Belvoir y , i ger ,

S R all wo od. aladin , y

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18 17 G oose be a n. F a , y g By Lord Lonsdale s airpl y , F ’ Wonder, Ruler , by Lord itzwilliam s Leader , S D by Belvoir inger , readnought , Abelard ; ten M m couples came from r . Pelha this year .

’ 1 8 18 2 4 s F D , couples by Lord Lon dale s airplay , uke of ’ d Grafton s Labyrinth , Belvoir Archer , Abelar , F A . rdent , leecer , Harlequin , and Ranter

’ 1 8 19 22 D M r , 5 couples by Lord Lonsdale s elver , .

’ S R all wo o d d S n aville s y , Belvoir Abelar , aladi , ‘ S N arbl r e . ocial , 1820 1 7 F S , g couples by Belvoir leecer , Warbler , inger , S ’ M r . S S Harlequin , aladin , by aville s tatesman , D ’ uke of Beaufort s Roderic . 18 1 ’ ’ 2 M r . S , by Chaworth s Bachelor , aville s Rally

’ D a n O sb aldeston s wood and r go , Proctor and L ’ Wonder , Lord onsdale s Roderic , Belvoir

Abelard .

’ 18 22 1 7 O sb aldes to n s J , 4 couples by uggler , Prompter ,

Chorister , by Belvoir Random , Chanter ,

a Rumm ger . 1828 2 0 M ’ d , couples by Lord iddleton s Bene ict , D F d amper , orester, Vanguar , and Warrior ,

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Lord Lonsdale s Roderic , Belvoir Chanter , S S ultan , aladin . r TH MEMOIRS o E BELVOIR HOU NDS . 17

’ 18 2 4 2 2 O s baldes ton s , couples by Bachelor , Vaulter , f S Ponti f, and Restless , Belvoir Pilot , hifter ,

M Trimb ush iracle , Rummager , , Chanter ,

Chimer .

’ 1825 2 2 u s V arb oro s M , co ple by Lord inister and

’ O sbaldeston s Woldsman , Rasselas , by Belvoir t . D Bloomer, Craf sman , Chanter , Charon uster ,

L . Pilot , ifter , Leader , Roderic

182 6 1 8 v r J , couples by Bel oi Pilot, Boaster , ustice , l Leader , Rover , Contest, and B oomer .

’ S Trim h 1827 Sir . b us , by R utton s and Random , ’ Lord Lonsdale s Palafox , by Boaster , Bloomer , m d J . Crafts an , Plun er , ustice

’ 182 8 18 Yarb oro s J , couples by Lord Reveller and ailor , F i m’ J S Lord itzw llia s oiner and hiner , by

v . Belvoir Bloomer , Ro er, Proctor , and Roman

’ 182 9 2 0 s Sir t n S D , couple by Tat o ykes river and

’ F l m s M r . o a b e Barrister , j Random , Belvoir n M Craftsman , Justice , Layma , errier, Roderic , t R Topper , and Beaufor Vanguard , ubens , and n Rutla d .

’ 1 - l 83 0 9 M r . Savi e s S , 5; couples by troker and General ,

’ Yarb oro s F l S Lord airp ay , Reveller , Lord outh

’ am ton s Wildb o v r p y, Bel oir Comus , Challenge ,

L a m Woldsman , and y

18 8 1 l e S a , acouples by Lord outhampton s Hannib l

i and Hesperus , Belvo r Layman , Chanter ,

’ V ildma v n. Clinker , Hero , Topper ,

’ 1 8 3 2 M F l amb s S n l r . o e , by j Random and ig a , Lord

’ ! Yarb o ro s F Chaser , reeman , and Chanticleer ,

’ Sir S u T . ykes Barrister, Belvoir Com s ,

c 18 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR Honuns .

Layman , Lucifer , Chanter, Clasper , Regent ,

Woodman .

’ 2 0 Yarb oro s D F couples by Lord ruid, urrier ,

’ ’ r il a M . S av e s Ch ser , Carver, Lord Lonsdale s

Grecian , Belvoir Lounger , Limner , Chanter ,

Topper . 1 ’ 1 8 — Sir G o o drick e s 2 couples by Harry Absolute

’ r ld M . O sb a e s ton s a and Hercules , B o ster ,

Belvoir Benedict , Lounger , Chanter , Rockwood , N imrod , Rummager , and Lucifer .

’ 2 2— u Sir S R all wo o d é co ples by T . ykes y , Lord ’ Yar boro s F Chaser , Belvoir Benedict , urrier ,

R all wo o d Rummager , Regent, y , Lucifer , Level S ler , triver , Rasselas . 1 8 3 6 4 i ’ 2 S r . S w , couples by R utton s Ring ood , Wolds

’ ’ and D F man , arter , Lord Lonsdale s encer , N F l Belvoir imrod , Chimer , ata , Rasselas ,

Lucifer, Rummager .

’ 1 7 l D of d % coup es by uke Beaufort s Abelar ,

’

M r . u F Heron s Rom lus , Belvoir Chimer , actor ,

Rector .

’ 1 8 u M r D o and S n co ples by . rake s Hect r ulta ,

’ ’ Du lzVarrior ke of B eaufort s , Lord Lonsdale s

Platoff m and Va pyre , Belvoir Bluecap , Rasselas , F actor .

’ M r m ir . L a t n S b o s . couples by Pedlar , R S ’ S F utton s eaman , Belvoir atal , Governor , F Rector , Prompter , actor . 1 5 ’ couples by Lord Lonsdale s Lasher, Lord F ’ M itzwilliam s armion , Belvoir Champion , F l . Governor, Conqueror , ata , Roderic M EM OIRs or THE BELVOIR HOUNDS . 19

1 84 2 1 5 F ’ S , 5 couples by Lord itzwilliam s hiner and F lambeau , Belvoir Chanticleer , Barrister ,

F . Comus Commodore , Tamerlane , atal

1 84 8 s ﬁr st 2 2 e F , Goodall entry , coupl s by Belvoir encer , n m Truema , Guider , Chanticleer , Co us

and Tamerlane .

’ 1844 1 8 Yarb oro s , couples by Lord Basilisk and F Plunder , Belvoir Roderic , Basilisk , airplay ,

u F and u . Tr eman , earnought , Comus , Conq eror

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184 5 18 ir D M r . S . S , couples by R utton s river , by

’ ’ D Ja i M r cob n . S rake s , Green s hiner , Belvoir

a m n Bertram , General , Trimmer , Pedl r , True a , F encer , Timon . 18 4 6 1 9 F ’ S , 5 couples by Lord itzwilliam s hiner , Hermit ,

’ M h M r F ol amb e s F i onarc , by . j leecer , Belvo r N F F ff Victor, Render , imrod , encer , alsta ,

n . Bertram , General , Baro et

’ 18 4 7 14 L umle M r . s F couples by y Albion and leecer ,

’ Yarb oro s R a ll wood S n Lord y , Belvoir ampso , F N d Guider , Bertram , alstaff, General , imro ,

President , Comus , Grappler , Raglan , Trouncer .

’ 18 48 1 6 u D , co ples by uke of Beaufort s Potentate , by

’ M r L umle s S F a . y tormer , Belvoir alst ff,

n Platoff N . Craftsma , , ectar , Raglan , General

’ 184 9 2 1 M r Lumle s S n S , couples by . y ulta , inger , and i ’ u d S r . S u Pl n er , R utton s Tr sty , Belvoir F m m Baronet, Roister, ugle an , Proctor , Pri er , l Fa staff. 1 1 ’ 8 5 0 . , 95 couples by Captain P Williams Playmate

’ M r F o l amb e s F F . and airplay , j leecer , Belvoir

Champion , Prompter , and Guider .

c 2 20 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR H OUNDS .

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18 5 1 1 5 d Yarb oro s R a ll wood M r . , couples by Lor y ,

’ D Duster S rake s , Belvoir tormer , Prompter, N ectar, Raglan , Trouncer .

’ 185 2 1 6 Yarb oro R all woo d 6 , couples by Lord s y , 5

’ ' r D M . D M r F l m ildair . o a b e s W rake s uster , j ,

S Riﬂ r e . Belvoir epoy , Rustic ,

’ 18 5 8 14 u Yarb oro s R all woo d , co ples by Lord y , Lord

’ ’ . t M r F H Bentinck s Con est, . L . ox s Ring

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M r . lVillo u hb s wood , g y Clinker , and Belvoir

S Riﬁer . Champion , Comus , ultan , , Clasper ’ 18 5 4 1 7 b Y l and , couples y Lord arb oro s R a lywo o d

’ Bellman , Lord H . Bentinck s Ch aron and

’

M r . F ol amb e s F Champion , j orester , and S N Belvoir ultan , Lucifer, igel , Gainer , and

Comus .

’ 18 5 5 14 Sir , . S n couples by R utton s Dryden and Troj a ,

’ M r . D rake s Lucifer, Belvoir Chaser , Clinker , N N athan , otary, Guider, Comus .

’ 1 8 5 6 13 l Sir , 5 coup es by R . Sutton s Hercules and D , exter by Belvoir Guider , Chaser, Gambler , ’ D of and by uke Beaufort s R ufus . 18 5 7 13 ’ , couples by Lord Fitz william s Singer and

’ , M r . F ol amb e s F D Harbinger by j inder, uke

’ o f Beaufort s Rufus , by Belvoir Chaser , Comus ,

’ f R all wo d 1 Luci er , and y o ( 8 5 8) s on of Yarb oro s R all wo y od.

18 5 8 15 ’ , 5 M r . Fol ambe s D F couples by j uster , inder,

Wildbo ’ and y , Lord Yarb oro s N oble and S portsman , G Belvoir Trusty , amester , Comus ,

, R all wo o d Guider and y . 185 9 , 1 7 entered by Cooper, couple s by Warwickshire M EM OIR or N 2 s THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 1

S ff S a ron , by Comus , Gamester, ailor, Guider ,

R all o d S S wo . elim , inger , y 18 6 0 15 F t ’ , 5 couples by Lord i zwilliam s Rasselas and

’ M F ol am F r . b e s c ugleman , by j Ro ket, by F Belvoir Rasselas , Rocket, Lexicon , airplay ,

R all wo od. Gambler, Lifter, Trusty , y

’ 18 6 1 18 F a , 5 couples by Lord itzwilliam s Rassel s and

F F a S oreman , by Belvoir airpl y inger , l S R al wo od. tormer , Gamester, Limner, Trusty , y

’ ’ 18 2 7 r ol F M . F 62 M r . . s , couples by L ox s General , j ambe

Bellman , Beaufort Wonder, by Belvoir Rally F S S . wood , airplay, Trusty , Rufus , tormer , inger

’ 18 63 2 1 c od les Yarb oro s N , 5 p by Lord athan , Lord M d ’ l N d i dleton s Corpora , Warwickshire imro

and D d S N d Belvoir Render , rui , inger , imro ,

n ra Cha ticleer, Challenger , G ppler , Rufus .

’ 1864 2 5 M r F F , couples by . itzwilliam s orester, by

Belvoir Alfred , Comrade , Champion , Chanti

St n R all wo o d cleer , ripling, Challe ger, Limner , y , F ’ S M r . . tormer, and L ox s Guider , Lord

’ Yarb oro s N orman and Nimrod . ’ F l ’ 1 6 ir . r m 8 5 S M . o a b e , by W Wynne s Royal j s

i D rim n . o o t L mner , Lord H Bentinck s , and S n S N N Belvoir i ger , tormer , imrod , Pilot , athan , A lfred , Raglan .

18 6 6 F ’ M r . F by itzwilliam s orester Harbinger , and

M M F o l am e s r . b armaduke , j Barrister, by S S S R n Belvoir inger , aladin , enator, agla , F f S N n alsta f, tormer , elson , Wra gler, Chanti

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Yarb oro s . cleer , and Lord Vaulter 2 O or N 2 MEM IRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS .

The following letters are s o illustrative of the man and the energy he possessed , that I have inserted them

o as specimens , selected from many m re , written by

F & c . William Goodall to Lord orester , , during the time he was master .

’

S . 2 1 8 5 0 . A day s cub hunting at Irnham Park , ept , n After writi g to your Lordship last week , I found that the Cottesmore had commenced in earnest in o ur

at neutral coverts , and had been the Castle Bytham

o f D kennel . They found a great show foxes in unsby

Wood , but were beat . I therefore thought I would take the earliest opportunity o f presenting my young

a team to the Irnh m Park Wood foxes , so sent George Shepherd over to Irnham o n S aturday to say we should

M o ut be there on onday . I found afterwards that the n Cottesmore were coming there too , seemi gly disposed w to support a measure I brought for ard last year , that o f u o ro sing the neutral Wo d foxes , but which they last year opposed to the uttermost, and were angry with me for doing so , because I paid my addresses to them ﬁrst . M Knowing they were coming on onday , I thought I

o f would avoid, if possible , a breach etiquette , so I ordered our whip to bring our hounds to Westby by half past seven ; and I let the C ottesmore have the

of honor going in ﬁrst . I got there at daybreak to see

on what was going . They drew Irnham Park , where

m o ne they found , gave the ring round the wood and stopped them , thinking it was an old fox . They then

N old went to orwoods , found an fox and stopped the M hounds , and went home . eantime I went and fetched our we hounds , and nt where I thought they had not

24 MEMOIR-S or THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

F Extract from a letter to Lord orester .

A 2 8 185 6 . pril ,

Please your Lordship , It is the intention of the farmers of our hunt to

m e w on a present ith a Testimonial Thursd y next,

an which is most flattering , and far beyond y services I f can h ave rendered . The memory o being made

c w huntsman , and the heering support I have al ays l received from your Lordship , I am wel aware is the m cause of y been raised to the position I hold , and

da will never be forgotten by me . I wish the y was over it will unnerv e me more than all the Bullﬁnches M ffi n between elton and Ske ngto .

M a 9 th 1 6 85 . y ,

Please your Lordship , The Testimonial presented to me on Thursday last was most tr uly gratifying to my feelings ‘ it being presented by 5 0 0 farmers and tradesmen of the Belvoir 1 . 12 s at hunt down to dinner ; M r . B urbidge o f

A M r Thorpe rnold in the Chair , and . King o f

r n - r Culve thorpe , bei g Vice chai man . N othing could exceed the kindness shown to a n humble individual by

u of w s ch a body gentlemen . It as almost more than l I could bear , especial y when the cup was presented ,

£ 3 6 0 i c with and this ns ription This cup , with a

of £ 86 1 purse , the subscription of 5 0 0 farmers and

of was tradesmen , lovers the chase , presented to

W . l st o f M a 18 5 6 Goodall , y, , as a t estimony o f their

o f respect , and admiration the sportsmanlike manner h in which he unted the Belvoir hounds for the last fourteen years . or N MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 25

The following hunting song was written in commemoration of a most famous run by the Duke

’ of R utland s D 1 0 1 8 0 hounds , ecember , 5 .

Ye sportsmen attend to my song,

a Which to please you I hope will not f il ,

’ of It s a fox chase three hours long,

’ ’ Belv oir s And twas run over fair Vale .

O n l oth of D Tuesday, the ecember , The Duke chose at Waltham to meet ; The frost was s o hard I remember

The horses could scarce keep their feet .

t We wai ed awhile for the weather ,

of of Sun In hopes a gleam the ,

a When way we all trotted together ,

’ u Shaw swearing he d show s a run . M The eltonians came late in the morn ,

For w d the sport they have al ays a min ,

’ o erto ok at J They us erico thorn ,

S was . ave Lloyd , who loitering behind

The hounds had not been there a minute , D When the uke cried , hark , halloa , away

N o t a hound was then left behind in it,

’ s You d swear they would show him ome play .

o ff Hard riders j umped in a crack ,

ot one of N them minding their neck ,

w c And for Belvoir ere running him ba k ,

When Tom Smith rode the hounds to a check .

on his The huntsman came up grey ,

his And rolled eye round like a hawk ,

N ot a second in that place would he stay, 26 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOU NDS .

As your sport he never will baulk

He then made a cast with his hounds ,

fox And the j umped up quickly in view ,

Like pigeons , they skirted the grounds ,

n V anneck Jew . Leavi g Craven , , and the

A l way to the posts and the rai s , E ncompassing Bottesford town ,

D s o on istress was marked on their tails ,

’ E en some of no common renown . F Cecil orester rode at a brook ,

’ O n n Ber ardo , ne er picking his place ,

n ee m Little Wi g, ever s ing to look,

F on ollowe d after and fell his face .

F or N ormanton covert he went ,

\Vhere d he left many tailors behin , F r n ine land , and a are burni g scent n m d Were the cause of his cha ging his in . t They skir ed Long Bennington town ,

N re ad u And along the orth p to Cotham ,

’ ’ W Cholmondle s na w here y g laid himself do n , m Having tried , proved , and found out his botto .

O t ld Reynard now turned shor about ,

F or n the country he wished to regai ,

A rare lift for a many no doubt , Si nce Craven here came in again .

U w he p ind now steered apace,

N ot fearing a hound in the nation ,

The horses could scarcely keep pace ,

’ Thorold n Till he entered s plantatio . or N MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 27

Tom Thoroton , known in the vale , F Who at lintham takes up his abode , O f potterers headed the tail , Who left not a moment the road ;

ran The hounds away from them fairly ,

And mounted high Barrowby hill , S ’ mith s grey , who had carried him rarely ,

D . eclined , and was forced to stand still

F of rom thence , liked the birds the air ,

end They ﬂew up to Grantham town ,

Where Wing stopped his game little mare ,

And Lindo w could scarcely descend .

of In the former hard part the run ,

His riding was thought quite divine ,

’ F o rtum o s But alas poor done ,

' And the contest obliged to resign .

S o dd ome folks think it now , I take it,

’ There s a horse which I never did name , A ’ secret no longer I ll make it, ’ The Smuggler s a horse of great fame ;

o But smuggled go ds , unfairly made ,

of Are always disposed at night ,

’ C o rne wall s o f nag being one that trade ,

Chose never to come within sight .

s at u D Lord Charles erect pon rone , With a face that is void of a smile ’ d He s bloo to the very back bone , Though his horse would not go the last At Stroxton the Duke lost a shoe 28 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

Pray, a hunter to follow the pack ,

w w ou They are atered and ont do for y , B ’ ut I ll lend you my little grey hack .

S we d till Reynard stoutly pursue ,

b ack o f To the , methinks , Ponton town ,

’ IVher e w v a footman , ho d lately him iewed ,

“ ’ ” Cried , he s tired and nearly run down .

Vansittart hit the rails with his knee ,

So m hard that he made the to shiver ,

s ee Which when Peter Burrell did ,

He took fright and went into the river .

’ arb orou h D Tom kino There s Y g , ouglas , p ,

of Three blades the very ﬁrst merit,

of oh But hounds they are far in the rear ,

’ Tho nobody questions their spirit ;

’ ’ F ar better t would be if they d set tle

O ne rider to send out each day , him And in coalesce all the mettle ,

To endeavour to show us the way .

F l e ) c m ul gall y through Goadby there a e ,

A red coat upon a grey mare ,

S o a n m e ger that halt , bli d , and la e , Ran out to s ee who could be there ;

b o unds Have you seen the here , he cried

And on old na spurring , ﬂanked the g,

S N s o It is quire orman wild ,

o ut And fairly worn to a rag . Three miles further on the chase ended

off B S We whipped at urton lade Wood ,

c c m To the astle the pa e then we ended , r MEMOIRS o THE BELVOIR HOUNDS . 29

And trotted as fast as we could .

The ladies (God bless their sweet faces), W w ith smiles came to elcome us home ,

’ of Their looks were like those the Grace s ,

’

e O . And B lvoir , lympus s home

w ’ G A bumper e ll drink to his race ,

A bumper to him and his hounds , And long may he live at the place Where fun and good humour abounds

M a y his family ﬂourish for ages , The noblest of sports to pursue And the Poet exhausted , engages

To be hanged if his tale be not true . C H A P T ER I L

ERATI N OF THE BELVOI R H ND O P O S O U S .

1 — 1 SE SON 79 9 800 . A ,

N W N N N . E M A , H U T S M A

HE hounds hunted from August 1 0 th to M ay

2nd x 7 7 Total number of fo es killed , ;

’ 2 6 before the Duke o f R utland s arrival at

4 6 Du Belvoir , during the time the ke hunted with 8 7 5 . O them , and after the party broke up f these were killed on the Leicestershire - side before the h D removal of the ounds to Wilsford in ecember , 2 0 5 were killed during their stay at Wilsford , were killed on the Leicestershire - side between January 8th

M 2 8th 1 5 the W and arch , and were killed from ilsford 2 kennel between M arch 28th and M ay nd. 1 0 0 They hunted days , and were stopped by frost D 1 7 th J 8th J 18 th from ecember to anuary , anuary

2 7 th F 4th 1 9 th M 4 th to l 0 th . to , ebruary to , arch

5 6 days . — Of 3 5 . Total of hounds Belvoir pack , 5 couples O ’ 1 0 f Lord Carlisle s , 5

4 6

1 ’ 1 7 9 2 hounds came in from Lord Carlisle s pa ck in 8 .

32 or E O MEMOIRS THE B LV IR HOUNDS .

E S O N 1 8 0 0 — 1 S 8 0 1 . A ,

Au 1 1th d 2 h 5 t . The hounds began gust , en ed April 2 7 D ’ F 9 . 8 R utland s oxes killed , , viz , before the uke of 5 5 n D u arrival at Belvoir , duri g the time the uke h nted 4 5 with them . Of these were killed from the Croxton Park kennel before the removal of the hounds to in N 6 h Wilsford ovember , during t eir stay at Wilsford , 2 3 o n the Leicestershire - side between December 8th l h 9 F 0 t 2 . and ebruary ; total killed ,

1 18 They hunted days , and were stopped by frost

n w r m D r 2 9 th 8 1s t J 2 2nd and s o f o ecembe to , anuary

2 7 th F 1 1th 2 1s t M h 1 8 th 1 7 to , ebruary to , arc to th 2 1 days . Grand total of hounds

O 84 f the Belvoir pack , 5 couples . O ’ 8 f Lord Carlisle s , 5

4 8 couples .

Thi s was a season of great sport and fine runs throughout . The best runs were

1 — Au S N ovember 2th. nsby Gorse , by outhards to

N W o n VValcot G ewton ood , by to aseby and Kirkby I 5 Vo od 0 . , in minutes

D c b 1 - F M l e em er 3 th. rom Holwell outh to Hick ing , l in by Kinoulton , to Co ston Basset, up to Harby Hills , 1 4 5 m hour and inutes .

— ~ F December 2 2 nd. From Stoke to ground in rog

nd 5 e Hollow ; 1 hour a minut s . OF THE I N MEMOIRS BELVO R HOU DS .

2 - December 3 rd. The Prince of Wales hunted with the hounds ; they had a run of 1 hour and 1 0 mi nutes

ak from Bescaby O s .

- W - J a nuary 3 rd. A ﬁne run from the altham end of S Croxton Park with a bag man, he ran by tonesby ,

W o o dwell Garthorpe , Wymondham , Head , and Crown

l M r to . . S Point, down Colsterworth ; on y A mith and 2 the huntsman got there , the fox beat them ; hours and a quarter .

1 7 —A of J anuar th. y very ﬁne run three hours , M n S n from elto pinney to Godeby , up to Croxton Li gs ,

to u n S s S by Cedar Hill Three Q ee s , toke Pa ture , toke E S Park Wood , aston , and Burton lade Woods , and lost at Colsterworth .

F b uar — F e r 5 th. S y rom toke Pasture , killing at

M arket O verton 5 5 minutes .

— SE SON 180 1 1 802 . A ,

A l 0th d The hounds began hunting ugust , en ed 7 O 8 2 F . 2 4th . 2 April oxes killed , f which were killed cub hunting .

The hounds hunted 1 0 0 days ; killed foxes in 4 9 9 Leicestershire , in Wilsford country, in

a 1 4 7 2 . Woodl nds , ; total D S 3 9 . topped by frost and snow days , viz , ecember

23 rd N 2 8th D 8 rd D 1 1th , ovember to ecember , ecember 2 2nd D 3 0th J 2 oth F 8 th to , ecember to anury , ebruary , F 1 7 h ebruary 8th to 1 t . — 4 6 o Of 4 0 . couples of h unds Belvoir pack ,

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6 . Lord C arlisle s, D 84 ME MOIRS or THE BELVOIR Hounns .

1 7 9 8 7 o f In the year , couples hounds from Lord Carlisle ’ s pack were incorporated into the

B elvoir pack . N ote — This season was thought to be the worst for foxhunting ever remembered by the oldest sports

m an in , though we hunted as often as former seasons ;

yet the open weather was frosty and stormy , and for two months together we were never sure we could hunt

next morning .

r t — A u of 3 Decembe 28 h. ﬁne h nting run hours and 2 5 M S S minutes , from elton pinney, by calford ,

Brentin b S g y, Waltham Pasture , tonesby , Garthorpe

s S - S w n Lee , Coston , proxton town end , by e ster as if

W o o dw ell for Head , but the fox turned to Thistleton , M O E and went by arket verton to xton , where , it being

e d M s t e . S w dark , they were pp essrs . Brummell , e ell ,

’ a J o . D D d Y rb ro unr , ouglas , and the uke of Rutlan ,

were at the end . — F ebruar 2 nd. O 4 0 y ne hour and minutes , from J S ericho to Redmile , up to tathern Point , by Black i W berry H ll and oolsthorpe Cliff, to Harlaxton Clays F C asthor e . and p , killing at Barrowby Also on ebruary

2 7 th M l st 2nd 4th 6th 8 , and arch , , , , th , excellent runs .

SE SO 1 8 2— 1 3 N 0 80 . A ,

9 7 m A 9 th The hounds hunted days , fr o ugust to A 0th 3 6 1 2 8 . pril , and killed foxes , of them cub hunting h i 22 1 8 T ey killed at Belvo r , in Leicestershire , in 7 \V 4 o o dlands 1 . Wilsford country , ; in , — B. N . On two days they gave up before ﬁnding , once from violent rain , and once from fog . on THE I ND MEMOIRS BELVO R HOU S . 85

4 0 . D They were stopped by frost days , viz , ecember 6th 2 8th J 9 th 22nd 24th F 1 5 th , , anuary to , to ebruary , h 8th 12th M 4t . arch to , and N e ta — This season had been more deﬁcient in real sport than any preceding one , and this remark was applicable not only to the pack whose operations are here recorded , but to most of the surrounding packs , yet not from any want of foxes . b 1 3 — N ovem er th. The best runs were from Syston “ M F Hurn , over Gonerby oor , by oston Turnpike , to of b y of d the right Allington , the left Bottesfor , to E f asthorpe , thence to Woolsthorpe Cli f, and lost their 1 fox at Lady Close ; hour and 2 5 minutes .

mber rd -F J N ove 2 8 . rom ericho , by Belton Gorse , Winmer Barrowby Thorns , Harlaxton Wood , and

Hill , Three Queens , and killed near Croxton ; an

hour and a half. — December 2 0th. A M S second fox from elton pinney, Brentin b F S S by g y, reeby , Waltham , tonesby , proxton ’ S Church , Herring s Lodge , through toke Pasture , and 1 9 killed ; hour and minutes . —F F ebruar 2 l st. w y rom Willoughby Cre s , by Kelby ’ VVeav er s Pasture , Haceby , Lodge , Braceby and Pick ) Vo o ds L ente n worth , to Pasture , and Aslackby Wood , x where , changing fo es , the hounds were stopped ;

1 hour and 3 2 minutes .

E O 1 — 1 4 S S N 803 80 . A ,

1 1 1 J 2 9 th The hounds hunted on days , from uly to M a 5 th 6 9 2 9 y , and killed foxes , of them in cub hunt 2 2 h 24 ing at Belvoir , in Leicesters ire , Wilsford 7 1 6 side , ; Woodlands , . 86 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

8 8 2 They were stopped by frost days , by fog ,

6th 1 3th 1 5 J u 4th l oth . D viz , ecember to , th , an ary to ,

F 3 rd 9 th 1 2th 1 6th 24th 2 7th 28th ebruary to , to , to ,

M 8 2 7th . to arch th , — 5 Total of hounds 2 couples .

N ote — This had been a season of very good sport

D u since ecember , but from hidden and nknown causes

out we never , since that period , had been able to take a perfectly efﬁcient pack the young ones being seized

old o f with distemper , and the ones many them being taken ill without apparent cause .

r un on O ctober 8 13 15 A good , from Waltham Pasture ,

Brentin b S Cr ox by g y to Garthorpe , round tonesby to ton Lings , to Godeby Gorse , by Waltham , and killed

M 5 5 . in elton Road , in minutes

’ N ote — On December 3 0 th Lord S efton s hounds had a grand run from Brooksby to Belvoir,

anuar 1 — F J 3 th. F y rom Barrowby Thorns , by oston M E Bar , Allington , uston , asthorpe , Bottesford , and N 0 8 . lost near ormanton minutes A rare fox , as he was seen going for N ewark .

J anuar 1 4 h — F S r x t . S o y rom proxton Thorns , by p

’ Church S W ton , wallow Hole , Hallam s ood , Harston ,

M iddle s dale Knipton , , by Branston , and went to ground 1 3 2 . at Knipton ; hour and minutes The pace severe , as they ran from Sproxton Thorns to Blackberry Hill 3 6 in minutes . — br a r ~ F e u 2 0th. F N y rom ewton Wood , by Pick

Bitchnav es n worth , Corby , , Creeto , Bytham , open ﬁeld

ste ed n through Grimsthorpe Park , and pp them goi g or MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOUNDS . 87

1 and 5 5 for Carlby ; time , hour minutes . Lord

’

M . C . anners horse died —F M arch 1 7 th. H e dor rom Aswarby Thorns , by y , 2 Honington , to Caythorpe hours .

E 1 804— 1 S SON 80 5 . A ,

on 9 4 J 24th The hounds hunted days , from uly to h 5 9 A 2 5 t . pril , and killed foxes They were stopped by frost 4 8 davs ; on December 4 th 1 6th J 5 th 9 th 1 4th 1 5th l 6 th , from to anuary , to , , ,

1 7 2 1 s t 2 l st F 7 th b D th to , to ebruary y fog, ecember h l st and 5 t .

E . F E s . xtract from a letter from C orester, q D h ecember 6t . The behaviour of yo ur young hounds this day

m of demands y notice , as well as the prospect our ” A n future sport and diversion . fter describi g a good

: e o f day for hounds , he adds The whol their

M r . M behaviour might have been viewed by eynell , or any other judge of hunting ; there was a large

out s aw or ﬁeld , and I never people more pleased ,

N ewman s o perfectly satisﬁed with his hounds .

— I - N ovember 2 0 th. t is mentioned in a run to day D between Ruskington and onington , some farmers said the fox was gone to the covert ; to the surprise of the ﬁeld there was a gorse covert of 4 acres which

of none them knew of.

N ovember 4 — A 2 th. laborious chase , as described M ’ . M r Ju . by usters , nr , from Grundy s Gorse , by

Syston to ground in Canal Bank near G rantham . 38 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOU NDS .

—F D Sa N ovember 2 6th. rom embleby Thorns , by p L n erton ente U w . p , Pasture , to Kirkby nder ood But the uncertainty of these monstrous woods always makes a death more to be wished than expected .

br ar 1 4 th - A o f 1 2 5 F e u y . good run hour and F minutes , from reeby Plantation , by Buckminster , S W W tainby , to itham ood , and stopped them at

Beaumont Wood .

F ebruar l 6th — F y rom Harlaxton Clays , to M n Barrowby Thorns , a thorpe , Grantham racecourse ,

S J . Welby Gipple , down by yston to ericho , and lost

r 0 — F m J hi a ch 2 th. E ro ericho , by lton , Whatton ,

o Granby , Plungar , Barkst n , and lost at Branston

A ril 2 2ui — F u p rom Beadhouse Wood , by B rton , E N 1 aston Pasture , and killed at orth Stoke ; hour 5 5 and minutes .

E 1 — S SON 805 1 80 6 . A ,

HA N N S IV . , HU TSMA

o n 1 1 5 J l 6th The hounds hunted days , from uly A 2 th 1 1 to 5 2 . pril , and killed foxes , viz , at Belvoir ,

’ 2 4 in 3 9 W - 2 1 VVo o d Leicestershire , ilsford side ,

2 8 . lands ,

2 8 . N They were stopped by frost days , viz , ovem

1 9 th 2 1 st D 1 0th 2 8th J 1 8th ber , , ecember to , anuary ,

2 8th F 4th M c 9 th to 1 8th A 14 . to ebruary , ar h , pril th

’ M r al r f This year . C c a t s hounds were bought and

incorporated into the Belvoir pack , which had lost m many fro an unaccountable lameness . Total ff 4 c u 7 c . e e tive ho nds , ouples

E 40 MEMOIRS OF TH BELVOIR HOU NDS .

2 0 iz v . They were stopped by frost and snow days , ,

4th J 7 th 15 F 2nd 3r d N ovember , anuary , th , ebruary , 4 th 1 8 1 9 th 2 0th 2 7th 2 8th M 4th 5 th 6th , th , , , , , arch , , ,

9 th l st 2 nd 8 rd 1 7 th 1 8th . , April , , , ,

Considering the many days hunting this season ,

the sport was bad ; in Leicestershire , from the tame running of the foxes on the \Vilsfor d- side the weather F F 1 7th A 6th was bad . rom ebruary to pril the hounds

did not kill a fox after a run .

J 1 8 0 7 Du In une , , Lord Lonsdale and the ke of

’ Rutland bought the Duke o f Leeds hounds between

1 5 . them , couples went into the Belvoir pack

— SE SON 1 807 1 80 8 . A ,

1 8th M a 9 th The hounds hunted from July to y , 1 8 9 and killed foxes .

7 6 of litters foxes were bred this year . 3 6 w & c . They ere stopped by frost, , days , viz . ,

N 2 6th D l st 7 th 1 2th 1 9 ovember to ecember , to , th 2 5 th 4th 15 1 9 th 2 0th 2 5 th to , January , th to , to ,

2 5 th 2 8th F 9 th 1 8th A 1 8th 2 3 rd to , ebruary to , pril to . Ef c 5 8 . fe tive hounds, 5 couples This season was more unpropitious than for many

. M preceding ones The whole season was like arch ,

5 o r 6 d ﬁr s t- yet was the sport capital , and ays rate .

I n N ovember and December some fair Sport, but the foxes ran rings .

a 2 d - F J nuar n . y rom Hose , by Colston Basset , by t O E Wha ton Gorse , to rston and lton , to the river by n Bottesford , up to this time it was hunting , they ow r n a A a h rd by Normanton , left llington Hall on the or N MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 41

M J right , over Gonerby oor to erico , and killed at 2 5 7 Syston Village ; hours and minutes . The 1 5 4 distance was miles , and the fox , a year old vixen ,

was never far before the hounds . 1 — n J a nuary 2th. A extraordinary run from M an

thorpe , by Belton , Grantham , Little Ponton , Harlaxton A Wood , Barrowby Thorns , a ring by llington , back by S S S Barrowby , by troxton Hall to toke , to toke Park

b ' W estb b Wood , y y to Booth y Little Wood , to Abney S Wood , and thence to Gipple Plantation , to yston

at 4 Park , turned back and was killed Gipple it was

2 0 was hours and minutes , and the distance run over

3 5 M r miles . . Cholmondeley went through the run , m n J . A all the others were issi g bitch called ewel , shone in recovering the fox at a hedge . Shaw ﬁnished

’ '

on r S . the run fa mer harpe s horse , of Welby

F r a — A d eb u ry 9 th. splen id run from Redmile Gorse to W o odwell ste in Head , and over Leicestershire , pp g

’ O R ank sb oro 8 the hounds at akham road , near ; hours 0 and 5 minutes .

— E SON 1808 1 80 9 . S A ,

on 1 82 J 4th The hounds hunted days , from uly

2 8th 12 0 . to April , and killed foxes They were stopped by frost 82 days ; De cember 1 7 2 9 th J 2nd 7 th 1 8th 2 8th th to , anuary to , to , F 7 h l 0th ebruary t to . 7 0 f litters o foxes bred . This was the worst season for weather for many F h years . rom December 1 7 th to January 2 8t we had

The s w. almo t a total blank , owing to frost and sno 42 or MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

F sport was inferior . oxes were very much increased ,

u was in whi ch made s always change . The best sport

IVilsfor d N the country , in ovember , and between February 4 th and 2 7th and from M arch 1 4th to 2 0th April .

E 1 8 — 1 S SON 09 810 . A ,

on 12 8 J 1 7th The hounds hunted days , from uly

M a 4 th 1 4 3 8 9 o f to y , and killed foxes , them before N 7 h ovember t . They were stopped by frost from N ovember 1 8th to

2 2nd - J 1 2th F l st , and from anuary to ebruary , and F 1 1th 4 h 4 ebruary to 2 t 8 days . 4 6 litters of foxes bred . N In ovember there was unsettled weather , and not 1 h 1 7 h c . on N 1 t t mu h sport Good sport ovember , , h 8 2 4t 0th . , and

- f December 9 th. A good run o 2 hours from

N F t L ov eden ormanton Thorns , by Allington , os on , to w F Hill , bet een Hough and Brandon , by enton Gorse

S o S and traggleth rpe to utton , by Beckingham to Coddington Plantations and stopped the hounds going

S M . into tapleford oor , as the hunt horses were beat

December 2 8rd — O 1 1 . ne hour and minutes , from n Thorpe Pasture , by Waltham , Croxto Lings , and

ﬁ h ond F killed in the s p at rog Hall .

r 3 1 - F Decembe 3 t. rom Sproxton Thorns to Bescaby

’ O C on ear VVo o d aks , and over the Park to yg , turned S to the right , ran by Croxton and altby to Buckminster

on Edmonthor e palings , to Coston and p , and was 1 1 6 killed at IVo odwell Head ; hour and minutes . or N 4 MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 8

1 — F 0 J anuar 3 t. S 1 5 y rom chool Plats , hour and F minutes , and lost by olkingham town .

F uar 6 t — ~ A 4 E ebr h. 8 y capital minutes , from dmon IV ill n i v e s to e ts . thorpe Pasture , killing in y p

a 8 t —A 2 M rch h. 3 good hour and minutes , from S Threckingham Gorse , by Pickworth , the outhards ,

Kelby , loosing at Ancaster . — F M arch 1 6 th. c 1 rom Bra eby Wood , hour and 1 0 M r . Cas eb . minutes , killing the fox in y Village m Chol ondeley alone being with the hounds .

Ill arch 2 0th — F L ov eden rom Hill , by Grantham to 1 Harrowby, and ran to ground below Belton ; hour and 8 5 minutes .

of There was a deal sport this season , especially in

M was arch and April , as the ground very wet and

a ff they h unted till M y. The hounds su ered much from distemper all the season .

— SE SON 1 810 1 811 . A ,

on 1 82 J 2 l st The hounds hunted days , from uly

M a 8th l 1 37 7 8 f e to y , and kil ed foxes , be or 9 th N ovember . They were prevented by frost 2 8 days N ovember 7 th 8th D 9 th 1 8th 2 7th J 12th , ecember to , to anuary , F h J 2 7th u 4t l 6th 1 7 . anuary to ebr ary , and th 7 0 f litters o foxes were bred .

This season was not productive of real sport .

was The weather , generally Speaking , unfavorable after

on Christmas , and the foxes , especially the Leicester

- s was shire Side , given to run rings . The best port from the Wilsford kennel . 44 r MEMOIRS o THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

2 ir M r A S . S ep tembe 5 th. note from W anners ” warning me from all lands in 2 7 Lordships .

2 l t — F W inm er of O ctober s . rom Hill to a pile

D M r wood at enton . Young . Welby assured me we

out s o could get him he was dislodged , and we ran up 5 8 to Colsterworth Wood , in minutes .

- F N ovember l st. rom Stathern Wood to Buck 1 1 0 minster , in hour and minutes . 2 — F H l December 7 th. ar ax rom Blackberry Hill , by

and ton and Little Ponton , stopped at dark over

- the N orth road .

December 8 th — F E M rom asthorpe Gorse , by usson , D E 2 enton , Wyville , to aston Pasture ; hours and

5 minutes .

—A L easin ton M a rch 1 5 th. good run from g ,

S illows S . p by Leadenham , and lost at tubton

— I n N . B . crossing Cranwell Warren several hounds were caught in traps .

’ December 2 0th — A splendid run from Smalley s D f Gorse , by enton , Woolsthorpe Cli fs , turned over the

’ r Plask ett M . s Canal to new house , by Barrowby

c e Thorns , where the fox was lose befor them , Gonerby M oor , where the fox again jumped up before them , by F ’ oston , between Westboro and Hougham . The fox w would not cross the Witham , but Skirted it and ent D by oddington , and was viewed over the lawn at

S c tubton house , on to Brandon , he turned and ame S back to tubton , where the horses all being tired , it was found necessary to end this noble chase after

3 s 5 0 running hour and minutes . ME MOIRS OF THE BELVOIR HOU NDS . 45

E 1 — S SON 81 1 1 812 . A ,

1 4 0 J 2 0th The hounds hunted on days , from uly

A 12th 1 7 2 8 1 O f cub to pril , and killed foxes , them hunting . 1 &c . 6 . They were stopped by frost, , days , viz , N 6th D l oth 1 1th 2 4th J ovember , ecember , , to anuary nd 6th 2 0th 2 5 th M 2 h 2 0t . , , to , arch ff E 6 4 u . ective hounds , 5 co ples

7 0 f - o . 4 0 litters foxes bred , viz , Belvoir side , ;

- 1 3 d 1 7 Wilsford side , ; Woodlan s , . A n . excellent season for sport Weather favorable,

old and country wet , and both and young packs very

n u efﬁcient . M ore straight runs than o any previo s season . Among the best runs were those F S rom Bloxholm to panby .

Dorrington Gorse to N octon .

Folkingham Gorse to Bourn .

Barkston Gorse to Three Queens .

Thr eckingham to Kirkby and on to Grimsthorpe .

N ormanton Thorns to Brant Broughton .

Granby Gap to Shoby Scoles .

Ponton school plats to N ewton .

E 1 1 2— 1 1 3 S SON 8 8 . A ,

22 J u 1 d . The hounds h nted on ays , viz , from uly 12 1 2 0th 2 4th k . to April , and illed foxes They killed 3 1 in 4 1 about Belvoir , Leicestershire , in Wilsford

2 6 W 14 . country , ; oodlands , N 12th d 8 1 d . Were stoppe by frost ays , viz , ovember ,

D 7th 29 th J 1 1th 1 6th 2 5 th . ecember to , anuary , to 46 ME MOIRS OF THE BELvOIR HOUNDS .

2 f Ef 6 2 5 o . litters foxes bred fective hounds , 5

c ouples .

A a rainy se ason . The hounds hunted sever l days in

N n and . the ottinghamshire cou try , had some fair Sport

F r M c Till ebruary the Spo t was very bad . In ar h

and A pril , very brilliant.

On ctob r — F O e 2 8th. rom Barkston Wood , over the

W s tone its in 5 5 Vale , to ground at artnaby p , minutes .

Dec mb r 4 — W m e e th. as a blank day , in the Bloxhol e

c ountry .

J a nuar nd — y 2 . Owing to the hounds being warned ff i ’ l o S r . M all W anners ands , the hounds met at 2 F . A lintham good run Of hours from Wiverton ,

ending at Radcliffe .

’ F brua r 1 5 th — A e y good day s s port, and a run Of

2 4 0 i H hours and m nutes , from olwell M outh to h E S . tat ern , aton , Knipton Reservoir F 2 — ebruary 8rd. A good run from Dorrington

and N 4 5 u Gorse to Blankney octon Wood , in min tes ,

on N n s te in and to octo , Lincoln Heath Pillar , pp g the n W hounds in Bra ston oods .

F br a 2 d — e u r 8r . A h 1 7 y good our and minutes , from N A S Threckingham Gorse , by ewton , swarby , ilk

VVillou hb uar endon and S . g y , Q , killed in leaford Carrs

F ebrua 6 - 4 r 2 th. A 4 y capital minutes , from Reeves

’ c Gorse , to Rauceby , then e by Byard s leap , killing in

Leadenham Warren .

’ r 2 —F M a ch 5 th. N S rom ewman s Gorse , by proxton

) V m ondham Edm onthor e and Coston to y , by p and

W o o dwell o n Fa M orker Head , and lost the llows , near y 1 and 2 4 Wood ; hour minutes .

4 OF E O R 8 MEM OIRS THE B LV I HOUND S .

l —F December 2 st. N rom ormanton Thorns , by n Stanton and Kilvingto , Bottesford , by Redmile , up ’ 4 0 m t to Bunker s Hill Plantation , in inu es , pressed him on and killed him by the new dairy under the

1 . Castle , in hour and a quarter

F — ebruar 1 9 th. A s y very hard day, the hound 5 S d running 5 hours , from Piper hole , by calfor , through

M S M O S s elton pinney , by elton Lodge , ld Hills , to eg S Hill , Watton Plantations , and ran to ground near ileby . A d —F ’ F ril 2n . p rom Reeve s Covert , by ulbeck ,

C o ok ed n m Welbourn , Hat Pla tation , Te ple Bruer , and

was 1 1 0 . killed at Ashby Church , in hour and minutes

E 1 14— 1 1 S SON 8 8 5 . A ,

u 1 1 9 3 0th The hounds h nted on days , from July

A 2 0th 1 0 9 . to pril , and killed foxes 4 0 They were stopped by weather days , viz . , 7 th 1 5 th D 2nd December to , by snow , ecember 2 to

8 0th 3 l s t tO J a 8 1 s t. , anu ry — 4 Effective hounds 0 couples old .

1 5 couples young .

— - 3 0 5 2 litters Of foxes Belvoir Side , Wilsford 8 1 4 . side , ; Woodlands ,

A very wet season .

N ovember showed good sport , though the hounds

F 1 st were unsuccessful in killing foxes from ebruary , F M excellent sport ; perfect weather in ebruary and arch . Good runs

N ber 2 9 ih — F S n ov em rom tubto Plantations , killing ’ 1 2 0 . in Wellingore Park , in hour and minutes M ’ D ME OIRS OF THE BELvoiR HoUN s .

D cember l s t — e . With a second fox from N ewton

“f to G unbur 5 m . ood , up y Wood , in an hour and inutes — F ebruar 4 ih. F N y rom ormanton Thorns , an e 8 5 fox xcellent minutes , pulling the down under

L ov eden Hill .

M arch 2ui — F S rom Barrowby Thorns , by yston

M F A Sed bro ok Hurn , arston , oston , llington , g , back to n Syston Hur . and was killed ; 2 hours .

M arch 4th — F E rom Granby Gap , round lton to

J and was S 4 8 m . ericho , killed at tathern point , in inutes

M a rch 14 t — An 1 82 h. excellent run Of hour and m N n n inutes , from ormanton Thor s , by Benni gton ,

F A n n Sed bro ok M n oston , lli gto , g , usto , and killed in l k the S a tb ec s .

M arch 0 —F 2 th. rom Sproxton Thorns to ground

M iddles dale of 1 u in , a good hunting run ho r and 4 5 minutes .

— SE SON 181 5 1816 . A ,

u on 12 8 J 2 1s t The hounds h nted days , from uly to

A 2 6th 124 on - 2 3 pril , and killed foxes , Belvoir Side , ;

- 1 4 5 \Vilsford 1 9 N . 2 Leicestershire , ; side , otts , ;

25 . Woodlands , Ef 1 6 u . fective hounds , co ples 4 i 5 d v z . N They were stopped by frost ays , , ovem 1 5 th 2 7 th 2 9 th 3 0th D ber to , to ; by snow , ecember 8 1 3th 1 6 2 7th 28th J 1 9 th 2 9 th to th to , th to , , anuary , F 5 th h h 6t to l 6t . ebruary , 5 4 — 8 5 9 litters Of foxes , Belvoir country ; , Wils 1 0 ford ; , Woodlands . F L H 50 MEMOIRS O THE BE VOIR OUNDS.

This was the worst season as to weather on record .

Scarcely a good hunting day in N ovember or February . U Sport moderate except in January and M arch . p to

January 6th there was no run above very average ones . O n 6th — F N the rom ormanton Thorns , a good 5 A hour and minutes , by llington to Breeder Hills , and thence by Barrowby Thorns to ground at Belton

Gardens .

a a — F J nu r 9 th. J y rom ericho , by Grantham to Har x k la ton Lodge , where the fox turned and was illed in

a 4 0 . Barrowby vill ge , in minutes — F D J anuar l 0th. y rom Blackberry Hill , by enton 1 and Great Ponton to Stoke Pasture ; hour .

J anu r l l t -F a k . S y rom Langar , by tathern Point

E n c S to ato , Bes aby, losing the fox at proxton , from a heavy storm ; 1 hour and 5 5 minutes .

J anuar 6t — F N VVO O d L ent n 2 h. e y rom ewton , by to

A D H aconb F en slackby , Kirkby, and unsby, across y

F F n v to the orty oot , whe owing to a hea y storm the hounds were stopped . 7 — t 8 Februar 2 th. A c 5 A y api al minutes , from unsby , killing at Laughton

’ M arch l 6th — F rom Grundy s Gorse , by Ropsley , O Boothby , sgodby, Bulby Hall Wood , Kirkby Wood ,

A VVO O d 1 h 1 0 and killed in slackby ; our and minutes .

SE SON 1 81 6— 1 1 8 . A , 7

G Y N N THOMAS OOSE MADE HU TSMA .

1 20 A The hounds hunted days , from ugust 14th tO

A 5 th 9 0 on - 1 pril , and killed foxes , Belvoir side , 2 ; OF THE B D MEMOIRS ELVOIR HOUN S . 5 1

c 3 2 W 12 in Lei estershire , ; in ilsford country, in 1 N . 8 7 . otts , ; in Woodlands , 2 5 litters Of foxes were bred . E ff 5 8 . ective hounds , 5 couples

2 8 viz N Hunting was stopped by frost days , ovem 14th 18 2 5th D 7 th l oth 12 ber to th , , ecember to , th to

14 1 9 2 4th 8 0th J 7 th to 18th 14 th , th to , , anuary , th to 1 1 1 8th F e th . , bruary

was one This season not a good for hounds , and F 12 foxes did not run straight . rom M arch th the

too the u ground was hard for chase , and the dro ght

n M a N continued without i termission till y. orth and

East winds prevailed .

— SE SON 1817 1818 . A ,

on 12 0 A 1 s t The hounds hunted days , from ugust

2 5 th 8 5 . on to April , and killed foxes , viz , Belvoir I 2 1 l 2 8 c side , in eicestershire , in Wilsford ountry, 2 1 1 N . 6 8 . in otts , in Woodlands ,

3 5 . They were stopped hunting by frost days , viz , D l oth 1 5th 22nd J 6th F ecember to , to anuary , ebruary

2 nd 17 M l oth 12th 2 6th . to th , arch , ,

— - 2 8 . Litters Of foxes bred Belvoir side , litters

- 7 Wilsford side , 9 Woodlands ,

N . 9 otts ,

Total 5 8 litters .

Ef 5 9 . fective hounds , couples This season contained a greater proportion of sport

J a e than any preceding one . anuary was rem rkabl for E 2 5 2 OF T B L H ND MEMOIRS HE E VOIR OU S .

s a series Of good runs , and for weeks the hound

t . M t . F accounted for heir foxes arch was very we oxes ,

h especially in the Wilsford country , ran straighter t an u sual . Good runs were on

ov emb r 4 — F N e 2 th. N l rom ormanton Thorns , ki ling

M 1 ho 2 5 at arston ur and minutes .

N ov ember 9 h —F 2 t . S rom tubton Gorse , killing at

H onnin ton g .

December nd —F 2 . rom Harby Hills to Stoke Park

Wood .

’ ’ December 4 th — From Byard s Leap to Reeves

- - Gorse and Carlton le M oreland .

D be 1 — F Ea ecem r 5 th. rom ston Wood to Haceby village .

a a l h — F l n J nu ry 0t . rom N ewton Wood kil i g at

Birthorpe a perfect burst of 3 6 minutes . J l 6 — anuar th. F M S y rom elton pinney , to Harston , 2 D n S . ento , killington ; 5 hours J 1 9 — anuar th. A y great run from Ropsley Rice , by S M Harrowby to Belton sandy lane , by pittlegate ill

’ ’ c M F and Winter s Gorse , rossed Canal at iers arm , and ran at a desperate pace to Barrowby Thorns , i A stra ght to llington , where they killed in a ditch , after 1 a continued burst Of 1 hour and 9 minutes . Since 1 80 6 the run from Clawson Thorns in , this was the severest run , being chieﬂy upwind . The sportsmen i D O ff . were beat Bes des the uke Of Rutland , only

F 1 0 . M r . Vere ane came up , and he minutes late

’ J anuar 2 8th — F y rom Reeves Gorse , by Cranwell ,

N c n Blankney , Lincoln Pillar , and ran into him at o to , 2 in 1 hour and 1 minutes . OF N MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 5 8

— F ebruar 26th. F m y ro Cranwell , killing near

VValcot.

M a t — F m A W rch 2 5 h. c ro Aswarby to sla kby ood .

E — S SON 1 81 8 1 819 . A ,

on 124 r A u 4th The hounds hunted days , f om ug st

- to l 0th 1 02 on s , April , and killed foxes ; Belvoir ide

3 0 8 6 W o 1 1 ; in Leicestershire , ; in ilsford c untry, ;

NVO O dlands 2 5 . in , m 1 6 . N They were stopped by weather days , viz , ove .

9 th D 22nd 2 8th 2 9th to J u 5 th ber, , ecember to , an ary ,

d 3 rd 7 h F 1st 3 r 2 2 t . ebruary , , ,

Eff 5 9 . ective hounds , couples f 5 3 Litters O foxes bred were . Good runs

N o ember 1 7 t — F S v h. rom toke Park Wood , an hour

5 0 O L enten and minutes , by Westby to Irnham ld Park ,

Pasture , and killed at Little Humby .

December l oth — F D n rom embleby Thorns , stoppi g them in Ingoldsby Wood . D 1 1 — F ecember th. rom Harby Hills , and stopped h at R ow oe Covert .

December 2nd — A I S 2 . blank day n the tubton country . J anuary 14th — From Caythorpe Gorse to the

5 3 . Temple Warren , in minutes , and killed

F bruar — F M e 9 th. S y rom elton pinney, killing in 42 E l minutes , at astwe l Pasture .

F ebruar 12 — F c y th. rom Pickworth Wood by Wal ot , b D Lawton , Gra y to Rippingale , into unsby Wood in

w 25 u d. vie , ran in the Wood , min tes , and kille 4 5 MEMOIRS OF THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

A ril l st —F p . rom Hose Gorse to beyond Grimston

in 4 3 . Gorse to ground, minutes

— SE SON 1 819 1820 . A , ﬂ Hiatus valde de endus .

- SE SON 1 820 1 821 . A ,

on 1 2 2 Au 7 th The hounds hunted days , from gust

14 82 . o n to April th , and killed foxes , viz , Belvoir

2 6 2 5 W c Side , ; in Leicestershire , ; in ilsford ountry, 1 4 1 7 . ; Woodlands , They were stopped by weather 2 4 days— December l 6th 17 1 8th 1 9 th 24th J l oth F ebruar , th , , , to anuary , v 1 1 7 h 2 2 2 t 0th 8th M 2nd. th , , , to arch Ef — 4 8 fective hounds couples Old . 1 1 5 couples young . 5 4 o f litters foxes bred . A very good season up to Christmas the sport was more brilliant and better performed by hounds than in

’ o ne any former season . After Christmas day not day s F c o . Sport perfe t in all respects , to k place ebruary was F J l 6th the driest month on record . rom anuary to 1 February 8th not a drop Of rain fell .

— E SON 1 821 1 822 . S A ,

on 12 8 Au 7th The hounds hunted days , from gust 1 A 6th 0 0 . o n to pril , and killed foxes , viz , Belvoir 2 8 8 5 Side , ; in Leicestershire , in Wilsford country ,

2 7 1 5 . in Woodlands , 4 4 c 5 ouples Old hounds . 1 3 5 young hounds .

5 8 c ouples .

4 7 of litters foxe s were bred .

6 OF THE N 5 MEMOIRS BELVOIR HOU DS .

4 9 of They were stopped by weather days , which 15 D 2 1 were in ecember and in January . 4 4 litters Of foxes bred .

Eff c — 4 8 old e tive hounds couples . 1 n 3 couples you g .

c t Though mu h stopped by weather , yet the spor

on for the whole was better than many seasons , and

c satisfactory execution Of the hounds unpre edented , The 8 best days sport were o n

— December l 0 h ~ F n A t . rom Sapperto Wood to swarby

3 4 n Sc H el rin Thorns in minutes , the ce by redington , p g

Fen F F ham , to Little Hale , crossed the orty oot , and

S 1 4 5 s lost near wineshead a run Of hour and minute .

F br ar 2 4 — e u th. F y rom Boothby Great Wood , by

O C as eb L ente n to Falkin ham sgodby, Ingoldsby, y, g ,

c u back by Pi kworth , where the fox jumped p in view ,

for 1 7 m and racing him inutes , they ran him to ground

O of 2 at sbournby, dug and killed him ; a run hours . Lord Tweeddale and the huntsman were alone with the hounds at last .

- F E S M arch 8rd. rom lton Gorse , by tanton ,

’ i n D S Benn ngto , oddington , to Westboro pinney, by

L ov eden 1 Hill , and killed at Hough hour and 4 8 minutes .

E 23— 1 24 S SON 18 8 . A ,

s 12 1 A 1 l th The hound hunted days , from ugust to nd 8 6 A 12 a . pril th , killed foxes , viz , in Belvoir c 22 82 f o ountry, ; in Leicestershire , Wils ord c untry,

2 1 W o a s 1 1 and we s s 12 s ; odl nd , ; re topped by fro t day , OF T N MEMOIRS HE BELVOIR HOU DS . 5 7

D c 1 3 14th 2 l s t J 1 2 1 9th viz . , e ember th , , , anuary th to ,

F 2nd M 2nd 4th. ebruary , arch and

4 8 litters Of foxes were bred . ff — 4 0 E e ctive hounds couples Old . 15 n you g . n Though the season was more open than a y, except

one o f 182 1 - 22 the , yet Sport was very bad till the last J t An of a n. day anu ry , when there was a fair propor io w illness among the hounds , from hich the Old Pack ,

was the last attacked , never fairly recovered , the cause of deﬁciency Of sport . M 2 d — a rch 2 n . A ﬁne run from Lawn Hollow, by

E l in 1 9 fox astwel to Harby Hills minutes , the n descended the hill and ran by Clawso Thorns , Clawson N l Town , and ether Broughton, and ki led by Hickling ; 1 18 time , hour and minutes . The only four at the

M r M r end were Lord Howth , . Long, . Blount, and

r F . M . G . orester

E — S SON 1 824 1825 . A ,

on 122 A l 6th The hounds hunted days , from ugust

A 4th 4 - 2 1 9 v i z . to pril , and killed foxes , , Belvoir side ,

3 5 - 2 7 12 Leicestershire , ; Wilsford side , ; Woodlands , ;

9 . and were stopped days by snow and frost , viz ,

D 3 r d 8th J 2 6th F 8rd to 8th ecember to , anuary , ebruary

x 5 4 . Litters Of fo es bred ,

Ef c — 88 fe tive hounds 5 Old . 1 9 young . F This season was not one of good Sport . oxes

was not were very tame , and through the season there

ten e c run a mile point mad , with the ex eption Of a 5 8 M OF N ME OIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS .

m S fro the chool Plats to Welby . The young pack

O ld F 2 eclipsed the pack . rom January 0th the latter

1 5 blO O d c 2 went out times without tasting , ex epting

foxes chopped .

E 1 2 — 2 S SON 8 5 18 6 . A , 1 1 7 A 8 The hounds hunted days , from ugust th to

A 2 1st d 9 4 o n - 2 8 to pril , and kille foxes , Belvoir side ,

2 - 2 6 “f od 9 o in Leicestershire , Wilsford Side , 1 6 lands , . Stopped hunting 8 9 days— On account Of the death D N 2 8th D Of uchess Of Rutland , ovember to ecember

2 6th D c 2 6th J 2nd ; by frost , e ember to anuary ; by 8 2 1 2 d 8 l s t 3 r st. snow , th to , to 4 f 5 litters O foxes bred . — 4 Hounds 4 5 couples old. 16 5 couples young . Though this season was not productive Of many F M brilliant runs , Sport was satisfactory . rom arch

7 th no rain fell . The best runs were

’ D 4 — F Flawb oro ecember 2 th. rom Hose Gorse to n Gra ge .

F bruar 4 th — F S s e y rom proxton Thorn , running by W S M S o altham , calford , elton pinney , Claws n to Hose , 2 4 0 . and Langar , in hours and minutes

F ebruar 6th — F S a Dem y rom Haydor outh rds , by bleb N W F alkin ham to y, ewton , alcot , g , Rippingale D D unsby, and back by Lenton Pasture to embleby , h M D where t e hounds were stopped by essrs . rummond S w m 2 and tringer , who were alone ith the , after hours 1 and 0 minutes . F N 5 MEMOIRS O THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 9

E — S SON 1 826 1 82 . A , 7

3 1st A 2 l st The hounds hunted from July to pril ,

1 8 - 2 0 . 5 and killed foxes , viz , Belvoir side , Leicester

4 1 - 3 6 6 shire , Wilsford side , Woodlands , and were 2 8 . J 3 rd tO 8th stopped by weather days , viz , in anuary , 2 0th 8 0th F 5 th 7 th l 0th 18th to , ebruary to , to , 1 7 h 5th to 2 t . 4 8 litters of foxes were bred .

This was not a good season for sport . The ground before Christmas was to o hard . The 2 best runs were on De cember l 6th and A 1 9 h pril t . D — e b r l 6 h . A . F ec m e t . rainy day rom Haceby

L enten A c Wood , by Pasture to sla kby, and killed in

5 8 . Kirkby Wood , in minutes

A ril 19 th — F c p rom Braun ewell Plantation , by

' S a Byard s Leap , p rrow Gorse , Ancaster, Wilsford S Warren , to ilk Willoughby , where being headed , the fox b came by Culverthorpe , and was run into in Kel y F 5 8 . ield , in minutes

— SE SON 1 827 1828 . A ,

12 0 A 8th The hounds hunted days , from ugust to

A 9 th n - 9 2 . o pril , and killed foxes , viz , Belvoir side ,

1 6 ide 8 1 3 6 1Vilsford. s in Leicestershire , ; , ; Wood

9 1 9 . N lands , ; and were stopped days , viz , ovember,

2 1st 2 6th 2 9 th J u 6th 9 th 14th F eb to , , an ary , to , ruar 1 0th 1 9 y to th .

O 4 2 ~ ld hounds , 5 couples . 1 5 c . Young ditto , 5 ouples 3 9 litters Of foxes bred . 60 B N MEMOIRS OF THE ELVOIR HOU DS .

N ot a bad season . The best runs were

J a nuar 9 t - m F k n h h. F al i am y ro g Gorse , by O o A S E n sb urnby , swarby Thorns , credington , vedo E 2 Wood, and killed at werby Thorpe , in hours and

5 0 minutes . J — F a nuar 8 0th. c y rom Pickworth Wood , by Ha eby ,

D S k W uarrin embleby , Aswarby, il illoughby, and Q g ton A 1 2 8 , back to swarby and killed , in hour and minutes .

M arch 4 th — F S x . to rom pro ton Thorns , Coston

w W oodwell S by Cro n Point , Head , Thistleton , tocken

Hall , Little Bytham , Haugh , and killed by Pickworth W 1 ood , in hour . M 2 7 — F m arch t . F h ro reeby Wood, by Thorpe to S E calford , by Wykeham , Godeby , aton , and killed at 1 2 0 m Harby Hills , in hour and inutes .

E 1 82 — 1 2 SON 8 8 9 . S A ,

u A 1 8th to A 2 l st The hounds h nted from ugust pril ,

9 2 on - 12 and killed foxes , Belvoir side , ; Leicester

3 5 - 8 0 o 1 5 shire , Wilsford Side , ; W odlands , ; and

\ as da s Januar 5 th tO 8 15 to were stopped y , y th , th F 6th F 2 6 h u t . ebruary , and ebr ary

8 9 — -s e 2 8 W Litters Of foxes bred Belvoir id , ; ils

- 1 1 5 ford Side , Woodlands , .

Ef c 7 8 fe tive hounds , couples .

N ot ﬁrst - A s e a rate season . bout Christmas om 2 J 6th F good runs , and good runs after anuary . rom

9 th r M arch the weather was bad , and the g ound too h ard . OF B N MEMOIRS THE ELV OIR HOU DS . 6 1

D — ecember 1 l th. A remarkable run over a country F never run by hounds . rom Haverholme Wood to

a d Tattersh ll Castle , and by Lown Wood to Tumby Woo , where the hounds were stopped ; 1 hour and 4 8 minutes

J a nua r 2um— F G y rom Ancaster orse , by Welby , in 5 5 Ropsley Rice , and killed at Boothby , minutes .

J anuary 9 th — From Jericho to Stathern and Lan

ar 8 5 on w d g in minutes , and to Kinoulton oo , and by

S on N Widmerpool Inn to Hickling tandard , by ether 2 Broughton , to ground at Wartnaby , in hours and 2 0 minutes . Here closes the printed accounts in the Belvoir

’ Books . which were written after each day s sport in the year 18 0 1 to 182 9 ; during the cubhunting season b one y the huntsman , and during the regular season by A f Of the Belvoir family . more true account o the

of weather those years , and the sport day by day , it is impossible to possess , as they were committed to paper directly , with every circumstance , however small , that

not c occurred , even omitting in most instan es , the

’ hounds drawn for each day s work .

The seasons 182 9 - 80 and 1 88 0 - 3 1 are preserved in

of manuscript , they were neither seasons great sport . In 1829 they were stopped by frost from January 9 th F l oth m D 1 7 th to ebruary , and fro ecember to

J 1880 - 3 1 D 2 4th anuary 6th . In from ecember to

J 8r d 5 l 0th 2 6th F ebruarv 8th anuary , th to , and to ,

F 18 28 - 9 h rom 2 t ere is a gap Of Six seasons, from

c d the period when the Belvoir Book was dis ontinue , J to the ournals Of Lord Forester . He took the 2 M M IR OF T I 6 E O s HE BELVO R HOUNDS .

m Of 188 0 astership the hounds in , and resigned them 1 7 D in 8 5 to their owner the uke Of Rutland .

M RCH 27TE 1 832 . A ,

’ h s two ﬁrst- rat runs are from ord For st r s not book T e e e L e e e .

We found at Goadby Gorse , and went away at a

our and great pace , leaving Caldwell close to right, M S n pointing for elton pinney , but beari g to the right, crossed the turnpike road nearly Opposite Waltham

o ur Pasture , which we left to left , and running straight

W v erb S forward crossed the river at y y, left tapleford

our t M Park and Whissendine to lef , crossed the elton O d A ’ and akham roa near lcock s Lodge , and ran to O 5 0 Cold verton , in minutes , from thence through O verton Park Wood , where the scent declined , and t ’ hunting him by Brans on , went through Pryor s

Coppice , had a long check , but recovered the scent and

o ur hunted up to fox at Touch hill Gorse , from whence

2 0 u we ran at great pace for min tes , and he ran to ground in an open roadway within a few yards Of the h leading hounds . Old Rockwood went into t e drain

we had and killed him , and to break up the drain to

out. 1 7 get him This run was miles as the crow ﬂies ,

’ and was run over the ﬁnest part of Lord Lonsdale s country .

' RUN EROM SPROXTON TH A ORNS. S We found at proxton Thorns , and ran a great 4 0 ‘ f pace up to Thistleton in minutes . In a ﬁeld o

fox turnips a fresh jumped up , and we ran him back ,

our leaving Coston Gorse to left, by Garthorpe to

64 M EM O IRs OF THE BELVO IR HOUNDS.

who aw fo x People in the ﬁelds said s them, that the was F en close before the hounds through the , and SO cool a hand was he , that he was seen to stop and dry

Off his sides at a stack . When they whipped he was 5 m not inutes before them , and he took up his quarters that night in a shed not 2 0 0 yards from the spot . The

c was 8 7 distan e miles from point to point, and the run lasted 8 hours and 3 5 minutes .

185 5 - 5 6 F 2 6th run In the season , ebruary , a similar

F alkin ham took place . The fox was found at g Gorse , S D ran by tow Green , Pointon , and by unsby into the

Fen F F D w , crossed the orty oot rain , here the sports

fox nn m en got over by a barge . The ru ing down wind J M . was apparently lost , but essrs Hardy and ohn Welby

o got n a haystack and s aw the fox stealing by . The

w on G w t hounds ere got him , and oodall ﬁnished i h a

- n n 2 and who hoop at Pinchbeck . after ru ni g hours 8 5 minutes . n The following were also good runs , as arrated by F m Lord orester in the early days Of his astership . Found at Harby Covert and killed at East Bridg 1 1 0 ford ; hour and minutes . Found at Ingoldsby Wood (after 4 5 minutes and a kill in the m orning from Boothby \Vo od) and ran , to the O leaving Ingoldsby close left, sgodby House to

the 2 5 right , up to Bulby in minutes , thence through

n VVO O d D b the ridi g across Kirkby , left uns y Wood

close to the left , and crossing the Bourn road , killed M F en 1 . N O one him at dark at orton , in hour but

M aw the or c u the aster and Goosey s kill , ame p at all ,

M r . c who except Lit hford j oined them afterwards . E OF THE B M MOIRS ELVOIR HOUNDS . 65

’ Found at Lawn Hollow at 3 O Clock on the shortest day , and running without a check to Grimston Village . ’ m 4 O l k killed hi there at C o c .

This was the best scent I ever witnessed , the hounds d running abreast over the ﬁel s . Found at Granby Gap the day after the run from

Ingoldsby , and killed at Clifton Gardens .

’ FROM LORD FORESTER S JOURNALS .

E 1 — 1 S SON 83 5 836 . A , — A N ote bad early season . The sport was good F A F E in ebruary and pril . rom the aston Woodlands

there were some very ﬁne runs . 1 14 The hounds killed foxes , and were stopped by D 1 9 th 2 9 th J 9th 14th frost , ecember to , anuary to , 4 F ebruary 3 rd to th . n — 4th D The good ru s were N ovember , ecember 9 th 14th J 2 5th F 12th 1 5th 18th l st , , , anuary , ebruary , , , 22nd 9 th M 7th 2 5th 2 8th 2 9 th 8th , 2 , arch , , , , April , 2 1 1 8th 2 oth . th , , — F S N ovember 14th Croxton Park . rom proxton n k Thorns , a fast ring, pointing for Costo , over the Broo ,

S . F round to proxton Town , and to ground rom

5 5 m , Croxton Lings , a capital inutes , by Waltham

’ S s S G H s tone by , proxton Heath orse , erring Lodge , to

the Knipton Reservoir .

’ December — F S l st. Weaver s Lodge . ound in apper V V O O d N ton , fast by ewton Wood , left Toll Bar to left, by D A S embleby and unsby , and killed at ilk Willoughby,

1 F e G rse ran u . in ho r ound again at the Nightingal o , r 6 6 or THE MEMOIRS BELVOIR HOUNDS .

a t extreme pace by Braceby , and ran to ground by

2 6 . Haceby Hall , in minutes — F D r 9 . ecembe th. Piper Hole ound at Clawson

w w a Thorns , went a ay very fast by Hol ell Vill ge , to the

O Sc on e ld Hills , alford Gorse the l ft, was headed at

the road to the right , and crossed the turnpike between

’ M G oo drick e s elton Town and Lodge , up to Gorse ,

where there was a check , but soon recovering it,

our c O sfordb our recovered pa e at y, and setting head S W S upwind , went by axilby Gorse up to artnaby tone

M u pits , over the road by Holwell outh , thro gh Clawson

of Thorns and Piper Hole , where the body the hounds

changed their fox , and went through Goadby Park to

E w on the Gorse up to astwell , here we got bad terms 2 with the fox and stopped the hounds hours .

D — F S ecember 14th Croxton Park . rom proxton 2 0 Thorns , a good hour and minutes , to ground , and with 4 0 a second fox , a good hour and minutes , round by S u Croxton Banks , Croxton , killington , to gro nd at

Three Queens .

— A J a a r . 3 5 n nu y 2 5 th. Piper Hole fast mi utes b M from Goadby Park , y Waltham , nearly to elton

S Brentin b F . pinney, by g y, to ground in reeby

F ebr r F S ua 1 . y 2 th. Stubton rom tubton Gorse ,

by Brandon and Shiels Gorse , up to Caythorpe, and

’ at a great pace to Byard s Leap Gorse , ran over the

’ of F tO n middle the ields Lord Bristol s plantatio , D within a ﬁeld Of unsby gorse , here turning downwind

c c c a at the s ent de lined , and the s ent f iled Leasingham an excellent r un and 12 mile point . OF THE E MEMOIRS B LVOIR HOUNDS . 6 7

F — l 5 t . ebruar h . F y Hose rom Clawson Thorns , D l d by Holwell , a by Woo , two Broughtons , to Clawson 3 9 W Town, in minutes , a good Hunting back by art O 2 12 m naby , and killed at ld Hills hours and inutes . — F ebruar 1 8th. Sw F y allo w Hole . rom Sproxton S S 3 Thorns , by tonesby, to Bescaby and altby, in 5

H umb erstones S S minutes , by Herrings , , altby, proxton , n to ground ear Coston Gorse , bolted and killed him ;

1 hour and 1 5 minutes .

- F ar 22nd. F ebru y Croxton Park . rom Coston S n Covert, by Buckminster , killi gton , to Colsterworth E Pasture , aston Wood , and into Witham Wood . The

and of a fox was dead beat , part the pack went b ck with

E VVO O d d him into aston , where the houn s were got S together , and ran him to ground by toke Park Wood ;

2 hours and 4 0 minutes . 2 — A F ebrua ry 9 th Goadby . good afternoon run

M S y from Waltham Pasture , ﬁrst nearly to elton pinne E S then by Goadby , astwell , along the tathern Plan tations , into Barkston Wood , away again to Harby and

to w . Stathern back , where they ere stopped

’ — An M arch 7 th Belvoir . excellent day s Sport ,

inm er . from W Hill , killing in Ponton Park Wood

Horses all beat . — A ’ 2 . M a rch 5 th. Boothby ﬁne day s sport Of Six

H o tree n hours , ﬁndn at g Wood , and runni g by

L enten A Humby , Hanby, , slackby , ﬁnally killing in

Aslackby Village .

— F L enten M ar ch 2 9 th. Lenton . rom Pasture , at

S n o N a bursting pace to apperto W ods , nearly to ewton

F alkin ham on Gorse , leaving Walcot and g the left, ran

F 2 O 68 MEMOIRS OF THE BELV IR HOUNDS . to Pointon (as severe a 3 2 minutes as was ever

our seen), here , owing to fox having ran half a mile

the d fﬁc down roa , we came to di ulties , we recovered 2 F or 8 en . the scent , and ran miles into the , and lost

A ril 8th — E A 5 6 p aston . capital minutes and kill , frOm S Burton High Wood , by Colsterworth to killing ton and Gunby .

— - n W . A ﬁrst . Ap ril 1 2th. Burton Lo g o od rate run F ound in Burton Long Wood , and ran by Burton ,

O f Bitchﬁeld Lown Wood , to Ingoldsby side Wood , by O O w sgodby Copy , to Irnham ld Park , ran the hole

Of c out O length it , and ame by sgodby House , the fox n n tur ed , and running the whole le gth Of Wood back ,

w to W ran by Lo n Wood Burton High ood , here a

check ensued from two curs having ran the fox , but

n se e n c bei g re overed , we ran by Burton Long Wood

Swa ﬁeld to the y Woods , to Counthorpe Hills , they set to run hard , and crossing Grimsthorpe Park , ran to

D - on - - o n obbin Hill , leaving Witham the Hill the left , they were running into the fox when he went to ground

in a sawpit two ﬁelds from Careby Wood .

A ri 1 — i hﬁ l l 8th. tc A O p B e d. ﬁne run from sgodby

N and Copy , over Irnham Park , by orwoods , Bulby

\VO O d N ab W and Hall , Wood , through Bourn ood

A - on - - o n nstey Wood to Witham the Hill , to Careby ! W D to . ood and obbin Hill , and ground

’ A ri — l 0t . E 2 h . A p aston Wood ﬁne day s Sport,

E “I a ﬁeld c e Sw ﬁnding in aston d , and running by the y Woods and Tortoise Shell Wood into M ockery Wood

d e e was d, by Beaumont to Witham Woo , wh r he kille

after 3 hours hard running . OF 09 MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

SE SON 1 836— 183 A , 7 .

1 6 The hounds were stopped by weather days ,

N 2 8rd D 2 ovember , stormy ; ecember 8rd to January 7 th N 2 9 th D 2 d h n 6t . , by snow ovember , ecember to

on N 15 18th 22nd on Good runs ovember th , , ,

D 5 th J 18 1 4th 1 9th 20th 2 3rd ecember , anuary th , , , , , F 14 M 6th 1 3th 2 9th 4th ebruary th , arch , , , April . B — N . . Boothby the ﬁxture . They could not hunt

. 4 there for the snow They got back to Belvoir at ,

M . and there being no snow, hunted at uston Gorse

o e b r 1 — A N v m e 5 th. Croxton Park . fter a quick 1 8 minutes from Coston Gorse found at Sproxton

S Buckmin Thorns , ran by Bescaby, proxton Heath , S S ster , tainby , to the Plantations by killington ; a 5 2 severe minutes . The hounds were stopped at E aston Wood . N 1 — A 5 0 ovember 8 th An caster . superior minutes m A S fro Ancaster Gorse , by Culverthorpe , unsby, cott End N Willoughby, to the Bridge Road by ewton Gorse , where a check ended the run as the scent could not be

regained . — N N ov ber 2 . F N em 2 nd. ewton rom ewton Wood

- D A by the Toll bar , to embleby Village by unsby

’ S tO Gorse , through the outhards , Weaver s Lodge , by S Abney Wood , and through Ropsley Rice to omerby,

and Ponton Park Wood , to the left into Boothby “f Great ood , through it, and pointing for Westby, but ” and his race was run , he lay down in a furrow, and

n the ﬁrst- jumping up was run i to in open , after a class run Of 1 1 0 e hour and minut s . 0 OF 7 MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

— December 5 th. F Coston . ound at Coston Gorse ,

\Vo o dwell S ran by Head , to Buckminster, and toke S Pasture , and the chool Plats , where the fox was

c S viewed , and turning ba k to toke , was ran into in the open between Stoke and Skillington ; 1 hour and

1 8 minutes .

’ December 2nd — Barkston Gorse . By Reeve s

S o S n Gorse , tubt n , and tragglethorpe , to the Tur pike

- 4 5 Road at Brant Broughton in minutes , where the fox was lost .

December l 6 — A Falkin ham th. g ood run from g

Gorse, when the fox was drowned in the drain at Hel

rin h m p g a .

J anuar a — A S turda 9 th. y, y, fter a snow storm , a J E blank day in the Vale , ericho , lton Rectory Covert, and M usson Gorse ; almost the only instance Of a blank day . J — ’ anuar 1 8th. . An y Belton excellent day s sport ,

c A from Ropsley Ri e , by Culverthorpe , to unsby Gorse ,

m c S and fro Aunsby to Wal ot , by Pickworth and apper ton , where the hounds were stopped .

a 14 — Br n i J nuar th. S r e t n b y proxton Tho ns to g y,

S o tapleford , Wym ndham , by Coston Gorse to Gunby , 1 where the fox was lost, after a good run Of hour and 1 5 minutes . J — ’ i in a nuar 1 7 th W . F N ht y . eaver s Lodge rom g D Sw gale Gorse , to embleby, Culverthorpe , arby ,

R u NVils nearly to a ceby , and killed in the Garden at

A - 3 4 5 t . t ford , in minu es half past found a second fox H o - L ente n in g Tree Wood , and ran by Ingoldsby, , W w and B ulby Hall , to Kirkby ood , here the hounds

E 72 MEMOIRS OF TH BELVOIR HOU NDS .

/ - D IlI arch 7 th. F N o rom ewton Wo d , by embleby ,

’ Anc Haydor, Weaver s Lodge , Welby Hazels , to aster

was . Gorse , where he killed

— 1 SEASON , 1 837 838 .

4 8 The hounds were stopped hunting by frost days , 5th F 2 6th from January to ebruary , and they killed 10 2 foxes .

— 2 5 th 2 7th D c They had good runs N ovember , , e em

2nd 6th 8 th 1 8th 1 9 2 2nd J 8rd ber , , , , th , , anuary ,

rd 5 th th 1 h 2 l t M 8 9 8t s . arch , , , ,

E 2 l st E s . nded hunting April , at a ton

This was a season of good sport, the foxes ran stout , and the points were good . — F ovember 2 . N 5 th. Croxton Park rom Coston

Covert , by the village , to Buckminster Park , and

S S u proxton , thence fast to altby Heath , and t rning by S ’ wallow Hole was lost at Herrings Gorse .

mb r 2 7 — ov e e th . F N Croxton Park . rom G oadby E Gorse , along the Harby Hills and astwell Pasture ,

E tO E by aton and Branston , aton , Knipton Reservoir , 4 5 f and Belvoir Castle , in minutes , here were two oxes ,

o ne D R and the hounds ran , by enton eservoir , to ground at Harlaxton Inn . — D mber - ece 5 th. N F F lk ewton Toll Bar . rom a ing

S em rin ham ham Gorse , by p g , to Pointon , by Lawton , L ente n S to Pasture , by Walcot, to Pickworth , apper L n e te n 5 8 . f ton , to the left Of ( minutes) The ox was headed at the brook , and ran at decreased pace by

O a N G sgodby, to Irnham P rk , orwoods , left rimsthorp e MEMOIRS OF THE BELVOIR HOU NDS . 73

E Castle on the right , by denham , to Bourn town , where he turned into the Rides , ran through the wood , and we went away at the top end close to our fox , but the hounds checked and turned back into the wood . S everal foxes being on foot , we were beat after a most

’ Splendid day s sport .

1 — run mber 3 th . d Dece . Croxton Park A very goo

Of 1 5 0 mi S hour and nutes , from tonesby Gorse , by F S Waltham Pasture , reeby , axby , Garthorpe , leaving

to S Coston the left, by Buckminster Park to tainby , b n y Gunby , pointi g for Witham , but turning to the N left crossed the orth Road near Colsterworth , and the fox was pulled down in a ﬁeld near Easton Pasture .

December 1 9 th — F Gipple . rom Haydor Wood , by D N N embleby , the ightingale Gorse , ewton, Walcot ,

’ F alkin ham Billin b oro Sem rin ham on g , leaving g and p g

1 2 0 . the left , killed close to Pointon hour and minutes — F W , a nuar 8rd. J y Ropsley . rom Sapperton ood D ’ 5 0 by embleby and Patman s Wood , and killed F minutes . ound again near Welby Hazels , and ran by N Kelby and orth Rauceby, nearly to Cranwell, checked

but our here , fox jumping up in some turnips , they ran S S d him by leaford Carr , and crossing the leaford Roa , 1 2 5 . ran into him , in hour and minutes

ar h 8rd — M M c . F Croxton Park rom Holwell outh ,

i a r ng by Wartnaby and back , and then by Wartnaby ,

’ S to G o odrick e s Kettleby, axilby , Welby Ponds , nearly w Gorse , here the fox was turned by a sheep dog and

5 . ran into , after a good hour and minutes

’ M arch 5 th — F N . Croxton Park . rom ewman s

Gorse , with an evening found fox , fast by Garthorpe 74 O F N MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS .

M tO S S oor proxton Thorns , by tonesby and Waltham

Rectory , nearly to Goadby , entered Croxton Park , and E E ran thence to aton and astwell , and the hounds S were stopped at tathern Point, after a hard run Of 2 1 hour and 1 minutes . — F M a rch 9 th. . D Cranwell rom unsby Gorse , by e S S F Cranw ll to leaford , round leaford irs , pointing for

E a vedon , but turned by Leasingh m Gorse , and the fox

u was p lled down at Cranwell , after a severe run Of an hour . — M A S . Ilf arch 1 9 th. good run from elton pinney

a c 3 0th — F m A S credin M r h ro swarby Thorns , by g ton S F , panby , into the ens , from which he emerged

D . between owsby and Rippingale , and was killed

M a rch 8 1 3 t — F S . rom Burton leigh Wood , and killed at Bu ckminster ; a good hour and 5 5 minutes .

— E SON 1 838 1 839 . S A ,

h The hounds killed 9 5 foxes up to April 12t . Were h 2 8 d . N 2 7 t stopped by frost about ays , viz , ovember ,

h 8 l st J u 6th 1 1th 1 8th December 2 0t to . an ary to , ,

F 1 9 th 2 l st M 5 th 1 6 . ebruary , , arch to th

— 2 2nd a nd 28rd They had good runs N ovember ,

8 J 12 14th l 6th F 7 th . December th , anuary th , , , ebruary

1 6th 1 8th 2 0th M c 4th 18th 28th . 12th , , , , ar h , ,

This season showed but moderate sport . The foxes

few s . ran rings , and traight runs occurred — F O N ov ember 2 2nd. M S , rom elton pinney ld Hills ,

tO D b 5 0 O D to Saxilby , al y, in minutes , by ld alby, and ’ lost near M unday s Gorse . N 5 MEMOIRS OF THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 7

— A N ovember 2 3 rd. 2 6 S good minutes , from apper

illo u hb A S VV . ton Wood , and lost at cott g y second 5 5 D fox gave a good hour and minutes , from embleby

Lente n O Bitchﬁeld Thorns , by , sgodby, Wood , to

S two toke Park Wood , where were scents , and the hounds were stopped . 8 — F December th. rom Irnham Park Wood , an

u E excellent run Of nearly two ho rs , round by lsthorpe

Spring into Bourn Wood .

ar 14t - F G S J a nu y h. rom Hose orse up to tathern

Point , thence over the Vale to Cropwell , where the fox was lost . — J anuary 2 8rd From Goadby Gorse to Sproxton D Thorns , and to enton Gorse , and with a second fox , W f from Swallow Hole to oolsthorpe Cli f. th — A 2 5 J anuar 2 5 . y good hour and minutes , from

O eb . Ingoldsby Wood , to Irnham Park , and killed at s y — F ebruar 12th. one y Two good bursts , from the 1 5 Nightingale Gorse , to Tallyho Gorse, in minutes , A and second , from swarby Thorns , by Willoughby, and c nearly to Rau eby, and thence to Culverthorpe , in

4 5 minutes .

F ebruar 18th — F t y rom Cos on Covert , to Gunby w W Warren , by Colster orth , and back to the arren , in 4 5 S N ’ minutes . econd fox from ewman s Gorse to

Barkston Wood . — F W F ebruar 2 5 th. y rom Boothby Little ood , by

L ente n F Pasture and olkingham Gorse , and ended near D unsby .

M ar h 4 t — F c h. M S n rom elton pin ey , an excellent M hour , killing at Piper Hole , running by elton to

’

G o o drick e s w . Gorse , Cla son Town 6 O OF REL 7 MEM IRS THE VO I R HOUNDS .

1 — F M arch 8th. S rom Coston Gorse , by proxton

o c Th rns , over the Heath , by Bu kminster , and killed 5 7 at Wymondham , in minutes .

— F M u M arch 28th. rom Holwell o th , a good run over the Broughton side Of the Vale , to ground in one 1 0 m c 4 5 hour inutes ; and se ondly , minutes from

Piper Hole , killing in Goadby Park . — A r 1 c . p il 2th. The lose Of the season

— E SON 1839 1840 . S A ,

A 22nd 1 8 7 The Hounds hunted to pril , and killed n foxes . The Hounds were repeatedly stopped whe n ru ning hard , in the Croxton Park country , from fear

’ Of trespassing on Lord H arb orough s property .

D c 8 oth 6th 14th Stopped by frost , e ember , to Of

J F 1 9 2 9th . anuary , ebruary th to

A J 4 th on 1 5 1 6 good days sport , anuary , also th , th ,

1 7th . , followed by a week Of very stormy weather

F 8 1 1th 1 2th 14 th 1 7 . Good sport ebruary th , , , , th A M 1 2 fter arch th , the ground continued hard and dry to the end Of the month . Previously to the frost , the sport , in the Wilsford country especially , had been unusually good after this , the ground and state Of the weather was su ch that hunting was almost out of the question . F oxes were abundant throughout the country, and

o n n especially the Lincol shire side .

8 r — fox J a nuary d. Haverholme . With a se cond 6 5 b a severe run Of minutes , from Cranwell Gorse , y

D o and in unsby Gorse , nearly to Haverh lme , killed the Park . OF THE R N MEMOIRS BELVOI HOU DS .

’ J anuar 2 8th — A y Weaver s Lodge . brilliant 2 5

to d S . minutes , groun from apperton Wood

8 1 — 0 11 F o an ar 8 t. F J u y N ewton T Bar . ound in lk

e ingham Gorse , and ran by Thre kingham , and straight

u b to and thro gh Asward y Thorns , and Willoughby S 4 8 9 Gorse , up to leaford Town , in minutes , ( miles

L a thor e on straight , ) thence to Kirkby y p , and leaving b Burton Pedwardine to the right , y Helpringham to

on the left Of Little and Great Hale, and killed the

F en O f one edge Of the , after a capital run hour and

8 9 m o t . inutes , only four horses g to the end F — ebruar 6 . t y th Bloxholme . Af er a quick gallop D b in the morning , found in uns y Gorse , and ran fast D b by Bloxholme , and Ashby , nearly to ig y , thence b D E W y orrington and Ruskington , to vedon ood and E x vedon , into Haverholme Park , and changed fo es ,

for S to away , pointing leaford , but turned the left by

b L a thor e S Kirk y y p , to credington , where all the ﬁeld

O ff F were beat , except the huntsman , Lords orester , and

M the o aidstone , latter Of whom , like many thers had stopped his horse at Haverholme , but being at home

e t on one S n u g a fresh , from credi gton the ho nds ran o n c the to Helpringham , (before rea hing which hunts m an b S was eaten , ) left it to the left, and waton to the

o ut Of Fen e ds right, and the edge the , wh re Lor Forester and M aidstone stopped the hounds at du sk from fear o f losing them and leaving them out all night . The fox was only one ﬁeld before the b ounds at the time , quite beaten .

F ebrua — F M o r ry l 8th. Stubton . rom Gonerby o , b F n u m M y osto Toll Bar , left Ho gha and arston to the ‘ 78 M OF THE E HouND ME OIRS B LVOIR S .

Dr D n right , y oddingto to the left, up to Claypole in 4 0 i h n nutes . , c ecked and lost at Balderton ’ —~ F A ril 8rd. . p Byard s Leap rom Cranwell Gorse ,

u n by Ra ceby Plantation , Wilsford Cover and Warre ,

on S N W d to Haydor , and by the outhards to ewton oo , and killed ; a good run of 25 hours ; 1 0 miles from

point to point .

SE ON 1 840— 1 1 S 84 . A ,

u to 2 l st 1 1 1 The Hounds h nted April , and killed ff foxes , in the course Of a very indi erent season , during

nine weeks Of which hunting was stopped by frost .

of M Heavy rains the beginning arch .

o n N 28rd 2 5 th D c b Good sport ovember , , e em er

9 th 1 2th . and Hunting was stopped by frost , from N 2 6th 2 9 th D m 1 8th ovember , to , again from ece ber , to J 1 7 th J 2 0th 2 2 5th anuary , anuary , l st and , and again

m J 8 1 s t F 1 1 th . fro anuary , to ebruary

o n J 2 9 th F l 6th 17 Good sport anuary , ebruary , th ,

1 9 th M 1 9 24th and A 2 nd , arch th and , pril (when the

7 a m . Hounds hunted at before Croxton Races , ) and 8 th .

— F H o tre e December 8th Boothby . ound in g Wood ,

b b ut came away from Humby Wood , towards Booth y ,

to S turned the right , left omerby , Ropsley Rice , Abney

Dembleb to Wood Southings , and v Thorns the right ,

and Culverthorpe to the left , up to this point it was a

but d to most beautiful run , the scent eclining, owing

2 on b S b s cents , the hounds hunted y ilk Willough y , and they lost near Quarrington ; a 12 mile point .

80 MEMOIRS OF THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

— F Ap ril l 0th. Lenton Village . rom Aslackby

IVO O d Of 5 , a hard day continuous running for hours , ending in Cabbage Hill Wood .

— SE SON 1 841 1 842 . A , The hunting was stopped by frost N ovember 1 5 th

2 0th D 1 8 2 3 rd 2 6th J 4th to to , ecember th to , , anuary

F l st w d s ebruary , after which the sno rifts were almo t F h impassable till ebruary 8t .

N 2 8rd 2 9th D c Good sport on ovember , , e ember l 8 d h l h 3 l F st r 6t 8 0 th 1 1t 2 7th 2 8th s t . , , , th , , , , , ebruary

8 th 1 l th 2 6th M 1 1th 2 3 rd , , , arch and , and on April

1 . m . st a . , at , before Croxton Races

N mber 3 0th — ove N . F . ewton Toll Bar ound in

A Of D unsby Gorse , ran through the corner embleby

n c 1 0 0 Thor s , when e the hounds came away within yards Of the fox , and ran him at extreme pace past the

’ S H o tree outhards , Weaver s Lodge , and Ropsley , into g n Wood , without a tur , many horses being already l brought to a stand stil , the fox then came back by S S Ropsley and apperton , left apperton Woods to the W N right, through Haceby ood , by ewton Toll Bar and

S into w n cott Willoughby , and the hounds ran him bet ee

a a O f 1 u that pl ce and Aswardby , after a capit l run ho r 8 5 and minutes .

4 — F e December 1 th S . e e tubton rom Re v s Gors , n F S we t between ulbeck and Caythorpe , left parrow S Gorse to the right, past udbrook and Willoughby,

and on A Bone , leaving ncaster Gorse to the left , by the

H s r lb F b the S ill , ove Ke y ield , y Haydor, into outhings , OF B N MEMOIRS THE ELVOIR HOU DS . 81

They had now run 10 miles straight without a 1 0 check , in an hour and minutes ; but here there were 2 D foxes , they ran into embleby Thorns , and straight w A a ay, but evidently on a fresh fox , by unsby Gorse , N and Aunsby , and pointed for ewton Wood , when the hounds were stopped after a capital run Of 1 hour and a half. F ebruary 28rd — A capital run from Aswarby

Thorns to Caythorpe .

’ M ar h l st — c W . F . eaver s Lodge ound a se cond fox S D in Haydor Wood ran through the outhings , embleby

n A u Thor s , and unsby Gorse left A nsby and Aswarby

w and Gorse to the right, through As arby Thorns , 1 1 0 killed beyond Burton Gorse , in hour minutes .

F r ida 4 — A . y th. very hard day The ﬁrst fox from 2 5 1 Wilsford Carr , killed in minutes , and then hour and 2 0 minutes from Bonehill Gorse . M 1 — F M arch 2th. . S Goadby rom elton pinney, E by Wykeham , Goadby Park , and astwell , down the S hill by tathern , into Barkston Wood , and stopped the F n n hounds . ound agai in Clawson Thor s , and killed

3 5 . in Goadby Park , after a good run Of minutes — ’ F M arch 2 2nd. Weaver s Lodge . ound a second

fox in Haydor Wood , and ran him very hard to Abney

l o Wood and Ropsley Rice , eft Boothby Little W od to

Bitchﬁeld on the right , and checked at Wood , ran to

on Camp House , where he turned back his line and

was eventually lost .

M r 4 — F S a ch 2 th. Stoke . ound in toke Park Wood , St n came away by Great Ponton , across oke Park , early e to Skillington , turned through Colsterworth Pastur

G 82 M EM OIRS or THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

E o s G to ast n Wood , pas ed between Burton oggles and O the Laund Woods , by Camp House , to Irnham ld

on Park , Ingoldsby Wood , and straight by Boothby to

H o tree g and Humby, and Ropsley Hurn , up to this

fox point it was a beautiful run , but the here turned

c ba k , and the hounds , hunted him back , and lost him

near Corby . 2 5 Goosey, having hunted the Belvoir Hounds years , retired and went to Cottesmore as kennel huntsman to

ir n S R . Sutto .

. co W Goodall , who had previously been se nd whip , s ucceeded him ; having begun as se cond whip to

M r . Drake . nd The Hounds were stopped by snow N ovember 22 .

Jan 8rd 1 1th 13th 1 5 1 7 By frost uary , to , th , to th , F 8 d 7 h 14 h h r t t o 2 0t . ebruary to , t

D c 2nd 3 rd 6th Jauuar 4th Good sport, e ember , , , y ,

7 th F l 0th 1 3 th 2 5th M l st 8 1 5 , ebruary , , , arch , th , th , 0 h A 2 t l 0th . , pril

— SE SON 1 842 1 843 . A ,

G N S N . OODALL , HU T MA

edn a — F W esd y 3 0th. Colston Bassett . ound in

Key Wood , and ran by Clawson and Clawson Thorns , M nearly to Holwell outh ; bore to the left, over

L and k e End y Lane , and killed between that place and S l of 5 4 . calford , after a capita run minutes The hounds

were almost immediately holloaed to another fox , and

t to ran him fas nearly Goadby , down Harby Hill to Harby ,

to S n c and killed him close tather , after an ex ellent run 1 u 5 of ho r minute s . or N MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 83

— F D r 1 th. ecembe 2 Bloxholme . ound in Dunsby

of 5 8 Gorse , had a beautiful run minutes over the

Heath , and killed at Wellingore .

’ - D er l 6th. ecemb Weaver s Lodge . Found a second fox in N ewfoundland Gorse; left Wilsford and Wilsford

of Carrs to the right , and away across the middle the

’ large fields , leaving Rauceby Plantation and Byard s 4 8 Leap just to the right , to Leadenham Plantation in i m nutes ; went down to Leadenham , where the fox was F headed back to the hill top , and went away by ulbeck Heath Gorse ; he sunk the hill again between Lead enham and Welbourn , and the hounds streamed over the magnificent country below , leaving Brant Brough ton to the left, till they ran from scent to view , and coursing their fox three large fields , killed him at the 1 4 5 end of hour and minutes , thus concluding a

’ superb day s sport . The ﬁrst fox had come to hand 1 2 5 after a good ring of hour and minutes . 7 — da 2 th. F Tues S . y tubton rom Barkston Gorse ,

’ A n by Black s Plantation , Welby Hazels , b ey Wood ,

S as Ropsley Rice , by omerby , for Boothby Great Wood ; O ran to Ingoldsby Wood , and into sgodby Coppice , fﬁ and stopped the hounds with di culty at dark , after a 1 most excellent run of 2 miles , from point to point , the

latter part from Ropsley Rice havingbeen a complete race . 2 1 — A J a nuary 3 t. good run from Boothby Wood

to Bourn Wood . — F S J anuary 2 8th Stoke Rochford . rom toke

Park Wood , by Boothby Wood and Bassingthorpe to S d a Burton leigh Woo , whence the hounds came way

f r E best pace o aston Pasture , when two fresh foxes

G 2 84 or B I ND MEMOIRS THE ELVO R HOU S .

o which were at play utside the Wood , were seen to the surprise of the whole ﬁeld to charge the b ounds one

of to them turned away when close the pack , the other

which the hounds followed , went straight through them S into Burton leigh Wood , and eventually beat them at Swayﬁeld.

’ F a — i r . ebru ry 8th. Little Ponton . S R Sutton s S hounds j oined company in Burton leigh Wood , and

two d w for the packs re Burton Long Wood , and ran 2 4 0 hours minutes in the woods , till dark , keeping well together though often changing foxes .

M arc 4 —A h th. good run from Boothby Great

W u S O I rn ood , to B rton leigh Wood , by sgodby and ham N Els , to orwoods thence by Bulby Hall Wood ,

S F ox o of thorpe prings , and W od , to the corner Bourn

Wood , where the fox was viewed , beaten , close before

of c the hounds , but the body the pa k were holloaed to

D W o a fresh fox , and ran to unsby od , and were there s topped .

— SE SON 1 843 1844 . A ,

This was an extraordinary season for sport . There

on N 2 5th 2 9 th D were good runs ovember , , ecember

1 st 4th on 5 th 6th u , , the and the Q een and Prince A h lbert honored the unt , and the Prince rode remark in ably well , a fair run in the Croxton country , being

on D 8 9 th piloted by Lord Wilton ; also ecember th , ,

1 2 1 3 th 1 5 2 0 th 2 9 th J 1 st 6th 1 2 th , , th , , , anuary , , th ,

F 1 7 th 2 0th 2 8th M 1 st 14 2 3rd ebruary , , , arch , th , , h J 2 6th A 6t . e w , pril Th y ere stopped by frost anuary or N 8 MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 5

3 rd 1 5 l 6th 22nd 2 3rd F 1 st l 6th 2 1 st , th , , , , ebruary to , 22 F 2 8rd t . 1 0 9 . A l 0th to to al days oxes killed , pril

the last day . — N ov ember 2 5 th. F N rom Clawson Thorns , by ether n Broughto and Willoughby Gorse , and killed at Wysall 5 5 Village , without a turn , in minutes . The only people with the hounds in this ﬁne run , were Lords A F S M r. Wilton , orester , rchibald eymour , and Gilmour ,

a 9 mile point .

D b l st —F F alkin ham ecem er . rom g Gorse , by Laugh

A F en and F ton and slackby into the , killed by the orty

F D 1 5 . oot rain , in hour and minutes — December 5 th. Croxton Park . The Queen and

a Prince Albert came from Belvoir . There w s a good ’ S d run from N ewman s Gorse to taplefor , and the A hounds were stopped at Saxby . Prin ce lbert rode

the run . — 6t At . c December h. Harlaxton The Queen ame

run out in an open carriage . The was to Belton .

D er 9 th— F ecemb rom Coston Covert, by Crown

N the Point , up to the orth Road , by Bull Inn , through

M Adderburn the ill Wood , and Head , and killed in

o open three ﬁelds bey nd .

- to S D r 0th. F ecembe 2 rom Hose , up tathern Point ,

S and one then by Harby, over Hickling tandard , killed

’ ﬁeld from Parson s Gorse 2 hours .

' 9 —F Falkin ham to December 2 th. rom g Gorse , In

on D . goldsby Wood , and to the rain at Boothby Hall

Bolted and killed .

J anuar 6th — F m S y . ro proxton Thorns , by Buck S n S N m t minster , tai by, ewstern , and orth Witha , in o 82 M E

the La nd

Park ingo . Hogti e ; a pointt was

c nd tl ba k , me I retire and v

Sir WS uttc

W G o o d s ucceeed hi

r k . M . I ke Th Hour By fret Jam Febrmy 8rd G od spor

7 th lib ruar , y 0th il 1 0 2 , m

Wenesday

Wo d and Key , nearly to Ho! L andyh Lane

S calfor , after were ahost im ran

8 6 or N MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS .

4 4 Witham Wood , in minutes , by Burton Long Wood to Burton Sleigh Wood . 8t — F m S F ebruar 2 h. c y ro alford Plantation , by i k ’ G oo dr c e s . Holwell and Wartnaby , to ground at Gorse

M arch l at — A fter two gallops , a quick run from f “ . to N 5 0 Rauceby Plantation , ewton ood, in minutes

— F o B u M a rch 2 3 rd. rom Bloxholm G rse to sking ton and Cranwell , and killed above Leadenham .

6 — F of 1 M a rch 2 th. rom Piper Hole, a ﬁne run hour and 5 0 minutes by Clawson Thorns to Hickling

was Kinoul Standard , where the fox headed going for ton Gorse he turned back by Hose and Piper Hole , by l Scalford Bog , Wykeham , and was killed at Wa tham

Pasture .

- ril 6 th. F S Ap rom Croxton Banks to tonesby ,

M S . Freeby Wood , and elton pinney

E SON 1 844— 1845 S A , .

— N ote This season was one of the worst possible

3 J wa for sport ; excepting weeks in anuary , there s no

the of D b hunting weather after beginning ecem er , and during the short time it was hunting weather , there were few good s centing days . A 1 9th The hounds hunted to pril , and killed 84 N 2 oth 22nd foxes . The good runs were ovember , , 1 9 th J 7 th 14 1 8th 2 8th December , anuary , th , , . 7 1 . D They were stopped by frost days , viz , ecember h 1 8th 1 9 th 8 0th J 2 8th F 4th 4t to , to , anuary to ebruary , 6th 28th M 1st l 0th 1 1th 2 nd 6th to 2 , , arch to , to 2 . or MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU NDS . 87

b r o — F M N ovem e 2 th. rom elton Spinney ; a good

a t hour ; half the pack killed their fox Bescaby , S the other half having changed fox at proxton . — December 1 9 th. F S rom Coston Gorse , by proxton , and killed between Stoke Pasture and Hungerton ;

4 5 minutes .

- J a nuar l 4th. F y The only good run . rom Sapper

H o tree ton Wood , by g , Humby, Boothby Little Wood ,

O o c O h sg dby Coppi e , through Irnham ld Park , up to t e 1 5 Corby Road , where he was killed ; hour and minutes .

’ anuar 1 8t — F J y h. rom Belton Gorse to Byard s

Leap .

— SE SON 1845 1846 . A ,

There was not a single frost to stop hunting, but ’ A 6th was . the season s sport very bad , ending pril The

cubhuntin 2 5 g was good , brace being killed before 1 November st ; the spring was very dry.

on N 1 9 th 24th D c 1 st Good runs ovember , , e ember ,

3rd 1 0th 1 7 2 5th 2 7th J 5 th 2 6th , , th , , , anuary , ,

F 2ud 1 7 M 7th ebruary , (a ﬁrst rate day, ) th , arch and

9 th A l 6th . , ended pril

- S r 1 9 t . F N ovembe h rom proxton Thorns , by

Waltham and Wykeham , and Goadby Park , down to

Hose , Hickling, and up to Key Wood , by Colston 1 m 2 o t. Basset, where they killed , a mile p 4 — F S N ovember 2 th. rom Coston Covert to tapleford

b ounds off Park , the were taken round , and hit the fox

’ at the Burton Lazar s Cover , and ran by Whissendine ,

’ Rank sb oro nearly to , crossed the canal at Burley

w . Bushes , and ere beat at Burley Wood r B N 88 MEMOIRS o THE ELVOIR HOU DS .

’ ecember l at — F D rom Herring s Gorse , through k n Stoke Par Wood to Burton High Wood , Bassi g

H aslow to thorpe and Wood , where he turned Great

s t Ponton , and was killed by the Whalebone above Li tle 2 1 0 Ponton ; hours and minutes .

— F r ld c December l oth. ound ou o friend The Bla k ” F ox : at Clawson Thorns , ran by Kettleby and Wart

’ G oo dricke s was n aby to Gorse , where he headed by

M and some boys , he turned by elton Lodge , was killed 1 at Holwell Village ; 1 hour and 0 minutes .

1 9 - F m S o D ember th. ec ro proxton Th rns , by

S to Stonesby pinney , Caldwell Goadby turning short of Piper Hole he c ame back by Scalford Bog to N w ’ him e man s Gorse , (running for all the way . ) thence S upto proxton Thorns , through it , and they killed at

n b 1 2 0 s . Sto es y, in hour and minute Very few with

c . the hounds , and mu h distress

— r 5 th 1 . J anua y . The only hard frost . Hunted at M Found at Holwell outh , and stopped the hounds at

c Gaddesby, after an ex ellent run .

F ebruar 2nd — F u F W y o nd at reeby ood , ran to

M S c F S elton pinney, ba k by reeby, to tapleford Park , and by Wymondham to W o odwell Head ; here most of . t the horses were dead beat . They wen away from

W oodwell Edmonthor e Head , by Teigh and p , through

W o odwell Coston Gorse , and up to Head again , where , no one w 3 m having been ith the hounds for iles , Lord

M r . J Forester assisted by ohn Woods , stopped them

- H 5 out . at alf past . Horses were left in all parts on MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU NDS . 89

SE SON 1 46— 184 A , 8 7 .

Rob nson and h d - i S epher Whippers in.

’

N ot . a bad season s sport . Several good runs

e on N 18 2 7th 28th D c The b st were ovember th , , , e em 8th 9 th 22nd J 7 th 1 1th 2 5 th 27th 3 oth ber , , , anuary , , , , ,

F 1 7th 22nd 2 6th M 6th 18th 2 1st ebruary , , , arch , , , 1 April st . E A 1 5 5 0 nded pril th , and stopped by frost days ,

. N 2 8th D 8th l oth 2 l st viz , ovember to ecember , to ,

24th 2 9 th J 1 1th 2 5th F l st to , anuary to , ebruary to 6th 7 h h t 1 5 t . , to M 24th arch , did not hunt, it being the fast day for F the amine in Ireland . This season and four following seasons are written

’ in Goodall s j ournals .

mber 1 8t —F N ove h. rom Coston Gorse , and killed at Bescaby .

o mber 2 8 h —An N ve t . extraordinary run , and stout fox the from Boothby Wood , who took hounds a line ,

Bitchﬁeld ﬁrst by Bassingthorpe and , and through

on the Ingoldsby Wood , leaving Lenton left, to Keisby

Falkin ham Wood , thence to g Lodge ; here they checked,

0 off u after a wonderful 5 minutes . They hit him p

u of the road , and ran by Aslackby Wood , p the rides E S W Kirkby Wood , by lsthorpe pring , into Bourn ood , 1 in hour and a half ; here they pressed him sore ,

n at E and he left the Wood , and we agai checked den

of ham , but though we heard him again dead beat , and

to hunted into Grimsthorpe Park , we were forced

give him up . r N 9 0 MEMOIRS o THE BELVOIR HOU DS .

2 — F S Thorns b c a nuar 5 th. J y rom proxton , y Bes aby D to Croxton Banks , by enton Park ; crossed the Canal near Grantham , and lost him at Barrowby . 2 7 — M J anuar th. F S y rom elton pinney , by Brent

S on ingby to proxton Thorns , and to ground at

Lawn Hollow .

an a 3 o - F m H o tr A J u ry th. ro g ee Wood to bney

Wood and Welby Hazels , and to ground between 4 5 Honington and Carlton a capital minutes .

r a — F eb u ry 22na. Asevere run from M elton Spinney of 2 hours , all over the country ; ran to a drain near S n the pin ey , bolted and ran another hour and killed at Stonesby . — ’ M a rch 6th. F N w uc rom e man s Gorse , by B k

’ ir S S w S . minster to axby , here R utton s hounds j oined F them , and they ran together by reeby, and pulled him down at Thorpe Arnold .

SE ON 184 — 1848 S . A , 7

M and e d h - in organ Sheph r W ippers .

124 A 2 1st The hounds hunted days , from ugust to

A l 28th 82 8 1 of pri , and killed foxes, them during cub J h 1 hunting . Stopped by frost anuary 2 ot to 8 st

12 days .

ne f r This season was but an average o o sport. A l The foxes ran rings . Season ended pril 0th .

This season M r . Greaves su cceeded Sir Richard S utton , who went to Quorn , in the Cottesmore country .

s c 5 s He hunted the Cotte more ountry for season , and OF THE N MEMOIRS BELVOIR HOU DS . 9 1

c M r. 2 was su ceeded by Burroughs , who after seasons

Sir J was succeeded by ohn Trollope .

U N ovember 1 5 th had p to the hounds had good Sport .

ov mbe 2 5 — F N e r ih. S rom tonesby Gorse , and ran

to ground at Harston .

’ December 2 0 th — A tremendous day , from Herring s

to Da Gorse lby Wood , stopping all the horses .

D — An 0 ecember 2 7 th. 5 excellent minutes , from

S S S to proxton Thorns , by ewstern and tainby, ground

M o rk er of 4 0 near y Wood , and then a capital ring

S . minutes , from tonesby Gorse to Croxton Park The fox saved his life by creeping on to the Ivy on the top

of the wall and lying there , when the hounds passed , he was seen to descend by three labourers working near .

— F J anuar 1 5 th. y rom Hose Gorse , a tremendous

v hard day , all o er the Broughton country, ending with l a ring all over the Harby Hills . A l the horses were

’ stopped but Goodall s . —F m F G 1 5 t . F ebruary h ro olkingham orse , by F F D Helpringham , and lost by the orty oot rain a good run and 10 mile point .

- F F A M arch 8rd. rom olkingham Gorse , by slackby

b ran and Bul y , and to ground under the gate at

Grimsthorpe O aks . —F x M arch 8th. rom Lawn Hollow, by Cro ton , ’ S O H umb erstone s Gorse , toke Pasture , to Coston ld

Wo o dwell fox Gorse , towards Head , (the being in the same ﬁeld with the hounds , ) but a check saved him , and we ran back into Buckminster Village and lost .

Horses all beat . 9 2 or MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

M 1 — a rch 5 th. F rom Granby Gap , by Wiverton to b Key Wood , round to Har y , and killed at Stathern .

M arch 1 9 th — F . D rom unsby Gorse , and killed at

M an 4 0 the Green ; a ﬁne minutes .

E 1 4 — 1 4 SON 8 8 8 9 . S A ,

A l 6th A l 6th The hounds hunted from ugust to pril ,

1 34 8 4 3 7 of cubhuntin days , and killed foxes , them g .

The C ottesmore hounds killed 5 8 foxes . N o vember All was very s tormy . the country from Barrowby to

s f Stubton wa short o foxes .

F s D c 2 1st 2 5 th rost topped hunting e ember to , nd 8th January 2 to .

J r 4 h High wind anuary 2 3 d and 2 t .

o — N 18th D 1 l th 1 3 G od runs ovember , ecember , th ,

l 6th 2 7th J 2 oth 22nd 6th 3 1 st F , , anuary , 2 , , ebruary

h M 5 h nd i 5 h 7 th 1 1 h 14 6th 1 3 t t 2 2 A t t . , , arch , , pr l , , , th O 1 3th f 14 o c a . n April a fall snow, whi h l sted hours M N — onda ovember 7 th. F M S y, 2 rom elton pinney F S to reeby, pointing for tapleford , but turned by

’ N c ewman s Gorse , and ran by Bes aby to Croxton

1 0 . Village and killed , after a good hour and minutes

’ — A m rnl n December 3 0th. o s fter a good g sport ,

c found at at Piper Hole , ran to Goadby , then e to

O on ld Hills , and leaving Holwell and Kettleby the

’ on S right, ran to Cant s Thorns , and running by hoby

c . S oles , stopped the hounds at dark at Hoby 2 — F J anuary 9 th. ound a second fox in M elton

S F to pinney, ran by Thorpe , reeby, Garthorpe , nearly

andturnedto S a s Wymondham , tapleford P rk ; the hound

9 4 or B N MEMOIRS THE ELVOIR HOU DS .

N Woods , to Irnham Park and orwoods , and stopped

’ 6 c the hounds at o clo k , below Grimsthorpe Castle .

E — 1 S SON 1 849 850 . A ,

- M an and S e herd Wh e s in . org h p , ipp r

1 1 9 23rd The hounds hunted days , from August to

A 1 3 th 8 0 3 4 of pril , and killed foxes , them in cub

hunting .

Theseason was a satisfactory one for sport .

d by N 28th The houn s were stopped frost ovember ,

D c 2 7th J 3 rd J 5 th 2 6th e ember to anuary , anuary to , 7 2 th ; total 2 8 days .

O 2 1s t J c n the anuary , whilst at exer ise in the snow ,

s aw 3 b ounds 5 8 c w s et we foxes , and all the , ouples , ere

on one . , and they killed

The ground was very hard all N ovember .

F on 5 th 9th 1 5 1 6th Good sport in ebruary, , , th , , 2 o h t , 2 3 rd, 2 6th . O 1 9 n the th , drew all the country blank from M Gonerby oor to Welby Hazels , ﬁnding at last in the N ightingale Gorse . F 6th A deal of rai n during the season . ebruary to 1 3th 4 7 very stormy . The Cottesmore killed foxes

this season .

N ovember 7 h — F lkin ham w 2 t . a g Gorse , ent away to

A c A sla kby, and between Keisby and slackby Wood ,

l to N 4 3 u Bulby Ha l the right, and to orwoods in min tes ; O ran through it and Grimsthorpe aks , and ran to 10 ground in Crooke Hills , in an hour and min utes ; 1 a 2 M ile p oint . MEMOIRS O F THE BELVOIR HOUNDS . 9 5

2 — F da J anuar 9 th. y rom Humby Wood , a hard y

a in the Woodlands , ﬁnally running to ground at With m

Common . 3 — F J anuar 0th. M y ound in Holwell outh , ran by

c Long Clawson , pointing for Hi kling , turned to Hose ,

and thence to Kinoulton , between which place and

’ O i n r . wthorpe , they j oined in with S R Sutto s hounds ;

they ran in company to Cotgrave Gorse , thence to

W c ynnstay Gorse , and ba k to Cotgrave , and killed

their fox . F 2 7 — F ebruary th. ound at Staunton ; by Long

n S Benningto , helton , to Cottam Thorns , thence straight

to the river Trent at Farndon ; here the hounds crossed

N c of the ewark bran h the Trent , and came to a long

check . The huntsman at last got to them . and carried them over M uskham Bridge ; they regained the scent,

as but the fox w too far ahead to be regained , and they

W orne gave up at y Wood , in the Rufford country ; an 1 1 mile point . This was the ﬁrst time the Belvoir

hounds ever crossed the Trent .

A r 6 — F M p il th. rom Holwell outh , by Wartnaby, S S S Grimstone , and axilby , hoby coles , to Hoby, in

3 0 minutes here the fox was headed , and crossed the

River and Canal between Frisby and Brooksby, and going straight up the hill was again headed he turned

by Kirby, recrossed the River and went into Welby

- O sier bed a ﬁeld before the hounds , and his life was saved by the hounds being halloaed to a fresh fox . 9 6 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

E 1 — 1 S SON 850 1 85 . A ,

A 2 2nd A 18th The hounds hunted from ugust to pril ,

13 8 1 13 3 5 of days , and killed foxes , them in cub

. S 8 . N hunting topped by frost only days , viz , ovember h D 1 9 n h 3 ot c 2 2 d 2 3 rd 2 5 t n . , e ember th to , , , and s ow

of Good sport the beginning the season , though

. u N 18th 2 0th the ground was dry Good r ns ovember , ,

2 3 rd D 2nd 4th 6th 1 3th 2 8th 3 0th J , ecember , , , , , , anuary l st 1 3 th 25th F 4th 7 th l 0th 1 4 22nd , , , ebruary , , , th , , 2 4th 2 7th M 6th 10th 1 3th 2 4th 4th 9 th , , arch , , , , April , , F also some very straight necked foxes in ebruary .

N ovember 2 6th — F F . rom enton Gorse , nearly to N D 8 orton isney, miles ; ran round by Brant Broughton A M Covert, nearly to ubourn oor , and stopped the

ha hounds going back to Broughton ; a rd day . D 1 — ecember 2 th. F S rom Coston Covert , by tonesby to Waltham and Croxton Lings , thence to Goadby Park , a 5 0 22 fter an excellent minutes , the ﬁrst minutes to

Stonesby Gorse being most brilliant . l 6 — D c m er h. F S e e b t rom proxton Thorns , by Crown W 4 5 Point , Gunby Gorse , up to itham Wood , in minutes , back to Thistleton and again to Witham Wood . D — F S W ecember 1 8th. rom tonesby Gorse , by altham

E E r to Goadby astwell , aton , over the Pa k to Croxton

’ one Banks , through Hallam s Wood , and killed in hour

2 . and minutes , a brilliant run

J a nuar 3 rd — F U nderwo o Aslack y rom Kirkby d , by

F alkin ham by , and Keisby , and Laughton , nearly to g , N turned through Pickworth Wood , to ewton Toll Bar,

D one to embleby Thorns , where the fox was killed , in s hour and 3 5 minute .

L i D 98 MEMOIRS or THE BE v o a HOUN S.

J anuar 18th — F S d to E y . rom Haydor outhar s vedon d Woo .

a n ar — F J u 2 0th. y rom Clawson Thorns , by Little

Stone its e Belvoir , Wartnaby p , to Grimston Gorse and

Thrussington Wold , leaving Walton Thorns and

Willoughby to the right , and going towards Widmer pool ; turned to the right , and killed between the

n 1 3 5 m e . Broughto s , in hour and inut s — F ebruary 8ih. Found a se cond fox in the Re ctory

M u S d b k Covert, ran by Redmile to sson Gorse , e ge roo ,

and t d Barrowby to the lef , and kille half a mile from

G m o f 4 0 rantham , after a ost terriﬁc burst exactly

minutes ; 8 miles as the crow ﬂies . The hounds beat

h s to the orses all the way, and appeared when in ight,

ﬂy every fenc e like a ﬂock o f pigeons . — F ebruary 12th. From Coston Covert to Croxton

in 2 8 on to o 5 2 Park minutes , Belvoir Plantati ns in

m 1 1 2 m . inutes , and killed in hour and inutes

F ebruar — A a 5 0 y 2 5 th. fter good minutes and kill m n N in the orni g, found in ormanton Great Thorns ,

and ran by the Rectory Covert , Redmile , across Barks

WVoo d E E ton , to aton and astwell , and lost at Goadby ; 1 2 miles . F b — W e rua r 2 8th. F N y rom ewton Gorse , by alcot “f l “f d n b and A and Laughto , Keis y ood s ackby oo ,

' u U G unbur W d thro gh Kirkby nderwood , to y oo , and

o 12 lost in Bourn W od , after a good run of miles from

point to point .

M arch 2 oth— F Bullimores E rom Goadby , by ast

’ to n e s well , Croxto Park , betw en Lord and Humber

’ s NVinmer stone Gorses , by Hungerton , and killed at l 5 7 Hil , in minutes . M EMOIRS OF THE BELVOIR HOU NDS . 9 9

— SEASON , 1 85 1 1852 .

The hounds killed 9 9 foxes . They were stopped

N 17 2 9 th D 1 s t F by frost , ovember th , , ecember , ebruary

1 9 to 2 5 th M 6th 9 . th , arch ; total , days

of F The middle ebruary was stormy, and very dry

e weather ensu d to the end of the season .

d u N 22ud 2 6th 2 9 th 3 1 st Goo r ns , ovember , , , ,

J l 6th 2 1st 28rd 28th 3 0th F 2nd anuary , , , , , ebruary , d h th 7 t 9 . 3 r , ,

-F m ovember 8th. N ro Keisby Wood , through

A to n F alkin ham slackby Wood , Laughto , g Gorses , and

S S Screddin ton tow Green , waton , g , and lost near Hel

h m 1 - pring a ; a 0 mile point . 6 —F E W S December th. rom aston ood , over toke S D Park , to toke Pasture , and Hungerton ; left enton ,

WVo olsthor e on Harston , and p the right , and went to M ground above usson Gorse , whence he bolted and

- was d 1 3 5 1 0 . kille , in hour minutes ; a mile point D 6 — F F ecember 2 th. rom ulbeck Heath Gorse , and n m killed ear Beckingha .

l —F m n o o J anua ry 6th. ro I goldsby Wood t B urn

Wood .

J l - anuar 2 st. F n y rom Granby Gap , by Langar la e

end n 4 5 , Colsto Basset, to Hoe Hill , a fast minutes ;

lost at Cropwell Butler . — F W d A J anuar 2 3 rd. y rom Keisby oo , by slackby

and n F F D n Village Pointo , straight to the orty oot rai ,

d - an stopped the hounds ; an 8 mile point .

J anua r 3 0 t —F y h. ound in Ingoldsby Wood , and

o him ran to ground at Boothby, disl dged and ran back

d u O y to Ingoldsby Woo , thro gh it, and sgodby Cop , 100 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOUND S .

and N over Irnham Park , by orwoods ; left Grimsthorpe

to u E S Castle the right, p to lsthorpe prings , crossed

Aus t B ourn Wood by the rides , and ran round y Wood , up to Laund , where the fox was headed , and they ran him to Thurlby Wood and killed him , after a very fast

f - r un o 1 hour and 5 0 minutes ; a 1 2 mil e p oint . Lord

F s aw . orester adds , I never a ﬁner woodland run F ebrua ry 3 rd — From Wilsford Carrs by Broad

S c to S water , to Aswarby Thorns by redington waton ,

o - and l st ; a 1 0 mile point .

F ebruar 9 — F O y ih. rom Bescaby aks very fast to S S ” proxton , and over the heath by tainby , to the Bull M at Witham Common , to ickley , and Tortoiseshell W oods in an hour . Here came to slow hunting , and r an to Castle Bytham . The fox was killed by a ’ gipsy s dog .

SE SON 1 852— 185 A ,

The Belvoir hounds killed 1 0 0 foxes . They were F l 0th stopped by frost and snow from ebruary , to

M 3 rd . N arch Very much rain fell in ovember , and

o f throughout the season . There was a deal sport, A and some excellent runs , and straight foxes . pril 1 5 th the last day .

D 3 rd 6th 7 th 8th l oth Good sport ecember , , , , , 1 l th 1 4 1 5 th 1 8th 2 2md 24th , th , , , , and , but over no F M 1 5 4th great distance of ground . rom arch th to 2 w very stormy weather , with frost and sno , but it did

not quite stop hunting . The two best runs and well

on M 7 th F ended , were onday , ebruary, from Coston

N 10 2 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOU DS .

w D S thorpe , bet een Harlaxton and enton , by toke

a c . P sture , and lost near Bu kminster

ar 7 ih — F F ebru y . rom Coston Covert, ran half way

d ell G to W o o w Head , then by Gunby , Gunby orse ,

nearly to Thistleton , back by Gunby Gorse and

S ewstern to Coston Covert , straight through it, and A l th ey ran like greyhounds by Wymondham and shwe l ,

m n hor e W o o dwell between Ed o t p and Teigh , straight to S b W Head , away by Crown Point, tain y, Gunby arren ,

c N and South Witham , rossed the orth Road , and killed “f n M the fox j ust before he e tered ickley ood , after a

magniﬁcent r un of 2 hours and 1 5 minutes . Only

half a dozen sportsmen got to the end, and horses were

beaten all over the country . — F ebruary 9 th. Ran a fox to ground at Staunton . O n the way to draw N ormanton Great Thorns a fox cross

ed the hounds , ran through that covert , and went at best

A F - G M pace by llington , oston Toll bar, onerby oor , M J nearly to arston , then to ericho , Belton Gorse , and

G to J nearly to reat Gonerby , back ericho , by Belton h M Gardens , and took a ring throug Gonerby oor to J S n ericho again , ran between ysto Park wall and

C oldharb or B elton , and killed between Harrowby and , f 4 after a superb run o 2 hours and 0 minutes . Great n d taili g again , and very few at the end . Lord Car igan and the M arquis o f Granby stopped their horses on l o d . Harrowby Hill , the latter his favorite roan

arch 9 th — F M M . rom elton Spinney by Scalford to E E Wykeham , over Goadby Pasture , by astwell to aton

v w on and in in ie , to Terrace Hills , killed Barkston W a c u and 2 0 . ood ; . apital ho r minutes 103 MEMOIRS or TIIE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

— Jlf a rch 1 2 th. F S rom Coston Covert , by axby and

F h h Brentin b S u reeby, t roug g y pinney, over the T rn

fox of o wn c d pike Road to ground ; the bolted his ac or , w t M S S and ent pas elton pinney, by calford , nearly to

NVhite Lodge , by Piper Hole , to Clawson Thorns and

M \Vartnab Stone its Holwell outh , Little Belvoir , y p , N down to ether Broughton, and was killed after a most

o f 2 - c apital run hours and 5 0 minutes a 1 2 mile point .

JI a c 2 d — F r h 2 n . rom Hose Gorse to Old Scalford m M S Gorse , and a second fox fro elton pinney, by G D Burton Lazars to Burton Gorse , between reat alby

G artree on of in Hill , to ground the top Burton Hill , 4 0 minutes .

— E SON 1 853 1854 . S A ,

1 18 6th The hounds hunted days , to April , and

1 1 5 of 6 2 l st killed foxes , which were after November ;

of after a very wet summer and autumn , a succession high winds prevailed and spoiled the ﬁrst part of the

season ; then followed the long and severe frost, and

dr almost immediately after y weather commenced , and

a s lasted to the end of the season . It was bad sea on

for sport . N 2 3rd 24th D Stopped by frost ovember , , ecember

l 6th t o 2 2md D 2 7th J 18th . , ecember to anuary This

O of D frost was very s evere . n the night ecember

2 7th s o 2 4 , the Thermometer t od at degrees below

o n J 2nd 1 85 4 4 freezing point, and anuary , , at F 18 degrees below ! ero . ebruary th frost, and from 2 4 h w c d February 2 md to 2 t a gale blew, hi h ried the

c ountry for the rest of the s eason. on THE B N 104 MEMOIRS ELVOIR HOU DS .

D 6th and 24th J 2 1 st Good sport ecember , anuary ,

24th 2 8th F 1 st 1 1th M c 2 5th , , ebruary , , ar h and 3 April rd.

— ~ A ovember 2 8th. w S N wild wet morning , ind outh

’ F O G o o drick e West . ound in the ld Hills , pointed for s f Gorse , but le t Kettleby and Wartnaby to the right , S axilby to the left , Grimstone to the right , pointing for S S hoby coles , and bore to the right , and ran up by the

’ l f rd s U l side of Lord Ay es o Gorse . p to this point ha f

b ounds a dozen men were with the , but by the time

G two they reached the orse , they had got ﬁelds ahead

o f one n n of every , and tur i g the top corner the Gorse

out — were lost . The hounds ran clean of sight crossed

six - a s the hills l ne by themselve , and going nearly to

’ W u E M illo ghby , came back to llars Gorse , and undy s

of fox Gorse , in the corner which the was seen to go to ground only a few yards before the Hounds . The

f a n h A a time o this unparalleled run w s o e our . l rge

S out c ﬁeld of portsmen were , but the hounds ran lean away from them over the open . — F ’ N ov ember 3 0th. o H umberstone s r m Gorse , by

’ n D G S Tippi g s Gorse , enton Park , asthorpe , edgebrook , A d 2 and llington , and kille ﬁelds below Bennington

c 5 9 - Grange , after a apital hour and minutes a mile point .

E 4 — S SON 1 85 1 185 5 . A ,

s 9 8 A 1 3th The hound killed foxes , up to pril , the w n 5 1 last day . They ere stopped by frost and s ow h 1 2 . N 2 6t D 1 th 1 9 7th days , viz , ovember , ecember , th , , h 2 8t 2 9 th . J l 6th s et , anuary the frost in with extra

106 on T B N MEMOIRS HE ELVOIR HOU DS .

- c Grantham Town end , ba k to Harlaxton to ground ; an

c of 2 3 5 ex ellent and s evere run hours and minutes .

E 1 — SON 85 5 185 6 . S A ,

f 8 dr The summer o 1 5 5 was very y. Then came a

o f u w ﬁrst- deal rain thro gh the season , hich was rate in

o f quality sport . Some very long and straight runs .

1 13 d 1 1 0 . The hounds hunted ays , and killed foxes D 8 1 4th They were stopped ecember th by snow till the ,

18th to 2 6th J 1 0th 1 7 2 9 th and from the , anuary to th , F 5 th 2 2 . to ebruary ; total , days

Sir S d n the of R . utton ied i middle this season . The Farmers of the Belvoir Hunt presented

c 3 6 0 um eas a s n Goodall with a cup ontaining g , a toke o f their r egard for the able manner in which h e had

hunted the hounds , and his unvarying civility and

c heeriness in the ﬁeld . At the end of the season the Gentlemen of the Hunt presented Lord Forester with a pie ce of plate n m o his arriage . 1 — f ’ 4 ir . S D . S o S th ecember ale R utton s hounds ,

18 9 0 £ 5 0 0 0 . which made £ his horses ,

! N ov embe 2 d — m W r n . F ro Humby ood , a capital A 5 N . hour and minutes , killing at ewton in the open

D f n c o u f young ryden bitch o this s easo , ra ed t o the f x c o . pack and kno ked the over , Single handed 12 — F N ovember th. rom Cottam Thorns , to ground

in Brant Broughton Covert , running by Bennington

Fen n in 3 5 , Balderto Hall , to Coddington Plantation ,

m on r nd inute s ; and by Staplefo d M oor a B eckingham . or T N 10 MEMOIRS HE BELVOIR HOU DS . 7

’ - J anuar 9 th. F M 2 y rom undy s Gorse , good runs s and killed both foxe , after an hour with each . — J a nuar 1 8th. F y rom Bloxholme , a ﬁne run over

o n of the heath , to ground in a ﬁeld the left the lane , n G betwee Belton Park and rantham .

ar 8 th — F F ebru . N y rom ewton Wood, a good hunt

run of to ing two and a half hours , Broadwater and N orth G Rauceby , back by Kelby , and killed at Ancaster orse .

E was very horse reduced to a walk . The hounds N w hunted beautifully from e ton Wood , by Swarby and

Quarrington , to Broadwater and Rauceby Plantation ,

. c down wind The fox ame away up wind , and the pace

ck S was ﬁrst rate , ba by ilk Willoughby, Quarrington,

D A c embleby, Culverthorpe , and n aster .

r 6 — F F lkin h G F ebrua 2 th. a am y rom g orse , a wonder ful run S w G M D by to reen , Pointon , illthorpe, owsby,

D F en 4 0 and at unsby ran down into the , crossed the

’ foot drain , which the hunt s people crossed by a barge ,

r and nearly lost the fox some miles beyond ; but M .

M r J b on Hardy and . ohn Wel y getting to a haystack ,

a m ot on s w the hunted fox co e by them , g the hounds

c him , and killed him in a ditch by Pin hbeck Village ; 3 5 d m the run was 2 hours minutes , and the istance fro

o Belvoir ab ve 3 0 miles .

— B . N . This was the ﬁrst time the hounds ever F killed a fo x o ve r the Forty oot Drain .

1 — F G F ebruary 8th. rom Sproxton Thorns to oadby w S Gorse in 2 2 minutes ; on by Cald ell to calford , to M S fox was Holwell outh , by tathern Point, and the run into by Harby Village ; 1 hour . 08 or T B N 1 M EMOIRS HE ELVOIR HOU DS .

F 8 —F ebruar 2 th. S y rom proxton Thorns ,

c 5 ex ellent hour and minutes , and killed at Harby .

— M F M r - arch 5 th. S ﬁ st rom elton pinney , a class run

of 2 1 0 over L eicestershire , hours and minutes ; the hounds were rewarded for their perseverance by killing in the lane between Tilton Village and Wood .

’ e Burbid e s F Th y ran by Thorpe , over g arm , crossed S the River at tapleford , and leaving Wymondham to

O S c the left, ran up to Cold verton pinneys , ame here “ to very cold hunting, but Goodall persevered , and at the Knossington Road the scent improved ; they then ran

O \V od Th o . e hard up to wston Village , near to the

and u fox was headed ran by Halstead , over Wadboro gh

Hill , to Tilton Village , and was killed in the lane .

M ar 2 9 — F 1 ch ih. J rom ericho , a good run of hour 2 5 and minutes , with a third fox ; ran by Belton , by

’

M r . O Amb er ate stler s house , over the g Railway , to

for A Barrowby Thorns ; crossed the Beck llington , but

c being headed , ame back by Hougham Plantation , and

- was killed near the Side bar under Gonerby Hill .

— SE ON 1 85 6 1 85 . AS , 7

2 12 1 1 5 . The hounds hunted days , and killed foxes

E A 1 te ed nded pril 2 st. Were s pp by frost and snow

o N 2 7 th D 6th fr m ovember to ecember , four days at the

of D 2 0th F end ecember , and from January to ebruary

6th 3 2 . ; total , days They were also stopped hunting by the lamented

f D of c death o the uke Rutland, which took pla e at

Be on 2 0th 1 85 7 . lvoir , the January ,

1 10 MEMOIRS on THE BELVOIR HounDS .

D — A c ecember 2 3rd. F rom N ewton Gorse to sla kby,

n on by Pickworth , to Lento Pasture , to Keisby Wood A 2 1 and slackby Wood , where they killed after a good 2 h ours run .

Dece b r 6 — m e 2 th. From Aswarby Thorns to Bulby 2 Hall ; hours .

J a nuar l st — F S S y rom chool Plats to yston Park ,

- c u . N an ex ellent ho r They ran over the orth road , by S ’ F S alter s ord , by Harrowby , and over Belton and yston

’ M in netts . Parks , and lost at Plantation

— a n a F . J u ry 12 th. rom Holwell M outh to O wthorpe The hound s went away quick at the bottom end of

w M on Hol ell outh , all the ﬁeld being the terrace ,

W n F F and except Lord ilto , . ane , Goodall , who got away with them . They ran very hard by the Brough

’ on tons , up to the Curate Gorse , and by Parson s Gorse

o to Widmerpo l , where the fox was viewed ; they then ran on O was of to wthorpe , where there a change scent , l A a the 3 u . which s ved fox . The run asted ho rs very hard day.

7 — A n f 3 h u J a nuar 1 th. o y real good hunti g run o rs ,

J E on u from ericho , by lton , by Plungar , p to the right o f to n c Barkston , Croxto Park , and hanged foxes at O Bescaby aks .

— F ebr ua r 1 1th, A v da we had y ery remarkable y, as n three ﬁne bursts , each e ding with blood .

2 2nd — F S n F ebruar . y rom to esby Gorse , ran by

’ N F to S on ewman s Gorse, reeby Wood , tapleford , to

ot on e c Whissendine , where the hounds g a stal s ent and lost . D 1 11 MEM O IRS on THE BELVOIR HOUN S .

M — A 3 0 on arch 3 0th. rattling minutes a very hot

S t c S day , from proxton Thorns at bes pa e , by altby ’ S Church , Herring s Gorse , along the ewstern lane , to

t of S to lef toke Pasture , and ran ground just before

VV vill the hounds , under y e .

— SE SON 1 857 1 85 8 . A ,

was n This o the whole a bad season . Sport was

N D c pretty good in ovember and ecember , then ame

r s . F frost , neve evere , dry winds and no scent oxes

in the c n c on were scarce Lin ol ountry , and Lord

’ H arb orough s Side . A 12 w The season ended pril th , and ith it Lord

’

F 2 7 . orester s mastership , after seasons 3 0 The hounds were stopped by frost days ,

J 5 th 6th 7 th F 1 st 2nd 3 rd 1 9th anuary , , , ebruary , , , to h M arch 1 3 t .

’ M arch 1 5 th a total eclipse of the Sun at 1 o Clo ck

a f x we were running o down the Sewstern lane . The

a of landsc pe was a deep violet colour, and the scarlet coat s bluish .

on N 2 3rd 2 7th 28th Good sport occurred ovember , , , D 4 h h l t 5 t 9 th 2 3r d J 12 . also ecember , , , , anuary th D — ecember 8 th A o f 3 5 a, . quick run minutes , from

’ small patch o f gorse called Annis s Gorse (which the h t e . churl burnt up next day), near Keisby Wood The fox took a capital line by Laughton and Walcot, and was

e O kill d in the open clo se to sb ournby .

ov mber l t — F N e 6 h. m ro Granby Gap , by Langar and Wiverton , to ground at Colston Basset , and a 1 1 2 MEMOIRS on THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

second run from Hoe Hill , killing in the open , in

2 5 minutes .

- N ovember 17th. It looked like being a blank day , having drawn all the N ewton - Side blank ; but at half

S s past three found at the outhard , ran hard by Haceby ,

of Pickworth , to the right Lenton , into B oothby Little

o n c l Wood , through Asla kby Wood to the Vil age , by

of Ingoldsby , and killed in the dark at the back Lenton 1 Village ; time , hour and a half.

December l u lu— F N rom ormanton Little Thorns , S nn F by taunton and Be ington , under oston , and over

Dr D the Witham near y oddington , and killed in the

S 1 . tubton Plantation ; time , hour 1 — ’ 4 December 5 th. A go o d day s sport . 0 minutes from Ingoldsby Wood , running to ground near Keisby ,

c r un and a se ond from Aslackby Wood , by Laughton F N and olkingham , to ewton Gorse , and thence by D O embleby , to sbournby, where he was killed , after a good hour and a half. D — ecember 2 6th. A very hard day from Boothby

\Vo o d c 3 , the hounds running ontinuously for hours

2 0 n . and minutes , and killi g at Lenton

— SE SON 1 85 8 185 9 . A ,

This season the Duke of Rutland took the master ship of his own hounds . The season was remarkable for the wind being

S S E . S always outh outh West , and never ast cent was

s s bad throughout the eason , yet there were ome good runs .

1 14 or MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

to e on lungs , he soon after took his bed , and di d the

l st of M a y, deeply lamented by all who knew him , not only for his superior energy and talent in the ﬁeld but n also for his sterli g qualities as a man .

E 1 — 1 S SON 85 9 860 . A ,

C P N N . OO ER , HU TSMA

- L n h e s in. d nd R . W G . S e e a h ph r o g , ipp r

C ooper , who had been second whip and had come

theBro ckleSb S from y, was appointed huntsman , hepherd

retained his place as ﬁrst whip .

F 8 0 . oxes killed ,

This was a remarkably bad scenting season , not

E . only with us , but throughout ngland The hounds ,

too , owing to the changes in the establishment , and the

- n w h n in. e untsma , were not ably whipped The sport

was very bad . D 2 7 d . Hunting was stopped by frost ays , viz , ecember

1 4 2 7 th J u 2 8th F 1 st 2nd 3rd 9 th th to , an ary , ebruary , , , ,

1 7 2 0th 2 1st to th , , , but there were in all no less than

9 3 frosty mornings . h — F N ov ember 9 t . rom Colston Bassett , a very good F run of 5 0 minutes and killed . ound the fox in

’

M r . M artin s garden , ran to Keywood by Langar ,

Wiverton Hall , to Tithby Village , Cropwell , through

. Hoe Hill , killing in a hedgerow a ﬁeld from the covert

- ff D r 7 th. F ecembe rom Whatton , by Radcli e , to ground on the Trent Bank ; a good run . B — D N . . uring the run a partridge ﬂew against the

n . S n ne ck of the horse o which G hepherd was ridi g, and fell dead , having broken its neck . 1 1 MEMOIRS on THE BELVOIR HOUNDS . 5

’ From C asthorpe Hill over Pinder s Farm to O D Harlaxton Wood , by the ld Hall to enton Reservoir , ’ F and by Brewster s arm , to ground in Woolsthorpe f 1 Cli f ; hour .

-An December 3 0th. extraordinary storm of thunder n and lightni g . The Caythorpe Church Spire was struck and half knocked down . We were hunting near at the time . — J a nua ry 9 th. From Hose Gorse at a good pace

w 1 5 on L and k e up to Cla son Thorns in minutes , by y

the S Lane , over hill, and by tathern windmill , killing 1 in Barkston Wood ; hour . — d Ap ril 1 6th. The only good scenting ay in the

out season . Cooper took a pack early in the Belvoir

’ had Woods , a good morning s Sport, and ran up to

F or Harlaxton Clays . Lord orester and two three

and more of us j oined in , had another pack out , ﬁnished

’ with a long day s hunting .

— SE SON 1 860 1861 . A ,

nd G d h - Lon a F . a W e s in. g ill r , ipp r

1 2 0 d 1 1 9 The hounds hunted ays , and killed foxes , up to April 1 9 th . They were stopped by snow N ovember 1 7 th ; on n F ebruary 2 0 th it blew a hurrica e . December 1 8th

s et u 5 frost in , which lasted witho t intermission weeks 2 days , and was more intense (especially Christmas

Ev e Da . and y), than any in the present century

had cubhuntin The hounds a wet and excellent g,

and came out in good condition and very steady . U p

1 2 1 16 MEMOIRS on THE BELVOIR HOU NDS .

O c 2nd 1 6 c to tober they killed bra e , chieﬂy in the

Belvoir Woodlands , for owing to the previous summer

one of on c out being the wettest record , much orn was

O a f in ctober . The season was above an aver ge or

c sport ; the ountry very wet and deep , and rain f o . perpetual . Plenty foxes , but they ran rings

N l 0th 14 2 0th D c Good runs ovember , th , , e ember

5 th 1 7 th J u 2 8th 3 0th F 4th 12 1 6th , , an ary , , ebruary , th , , 1 h 7 h M nd h A l 8t 2 t c 22 2 8t st. , , ar h , , pril

N ovember 1 0th — F S rom leaford Wood , a good

’ hunting run , by Cranwell and Lord Bristol s Planta

u w F c . tion , and ran to gro nd belo ulbe k

v b 14 —VVaited fo N o em er th. c for the g to lear , and then found in the Stubton Covert close to Great N orth ern Railway ; ran ﬁrst towards Claypole , but turned and S u D crossing the t bton Lane , ran on the left to odding

h N - ton , crossed the Wit am and the orth road between

’ Heron s Lodge and Bennington , and ran at speed to N 3 2 n Great ormanton Thorns , in minutes . Grou d deep

ran and tailing great . The fox through the Covert to S n taunto , was hunted back to the Thorns, and killed in them .

’ ov b r ot — F C ulv ertho e N em e h. 2 rom King s Gorse at p ,

S on to A leaving the outhards the right, swarby , across the for S Park and as if the Thorns , but turned to cott W 3 0 illoughby , which was reached in minutes ; they

on n u ran by Quarri gton , nearly to C lverthorpe , when the fox turned to the right and ran to ground in the Stone Quarry at Broadwater ; an excellent hour and a half. Country very deep and all the horses tired .

BO D UK S.

r h 5 ' l Hole , but came

a red t o ate g , the Duke and

Ch M a o n ther gate witha

nil s a ! land were stopped; i s. d 4 0 b utt s.

as Brac W ds W eby oo ,

G m i ar da W e ; h d y, h i s h i bec xrunning the last

! man c al f -nods .

M Wi ll with an after

- t e W od by Ro od y Lit l o ,

d ar W od ﬂ 1m d P k o , N M EM OIB or THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 1 19

l s t - F M S 2 5 April rom elton pinney , a capital

S ctford minutes , by and Wykeham nearly to Waltham

ot checked , but up to the fox again , and ran to

t . Saxilby , back Thorp Arnold The fox was whipped

f b o up out o a o w by C olonel Reeve , and ran another

Freeb M - A ring by over the elton road , up to sfordby

n whe . Windmill , the hounds were stopped It was four ’ k d D o Cloc , and the people were gone but the uke , D Forestc M . Lord , essrs rummond , Hardy , and

J . Welby . I was agreed to put the hounds into Holwell M oul ; a ﬁne fox went away directly and

ca nl of to gave us a p run an hour , by Little Belvoir

re A - Grimston Go , and by sfordby up to Leicester road , where he turod back and we lost him by the Canal .

1 1— 1 SE SON 86 862 . A ,

The b onus killed 1 12 foxes hunted on 12 7 days 8 n in 2 brace cuhu t g . The earl part of the season was dry and there F was no sport n N ovember . The ﬁrst fortnight in eb ruar F M 6th 1 h a nd . 2 2 t y was dr hot rom arch to April , tit an unusual q un y of rain fell and the sport was good . The hound s e re in very effective order and ex cellent condition .

Decembr 2 3 rd b ounds no hunted , it being the day

’ of A Prince b ert s funeral .

b o nds 1 7 . The were stopped by frost days , viz , N m 1 th i 9 th D 2 6th 3 0 th J ove ber to , ecember , , anuary 1 7th 2 3x F h 1 h M 4 h h 8t 1 t t 5 t . to ; ebruary to , arch ,

ot was The sp above an average . 1 18 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOU NDS .

r an Sw c minutes . He near to allow Hole , but ame O S back to Bescaby aks , up to tonesby Gorse , by

’ N ewman s Gorse , and at a great pace over the grass S S ﬁelds , by axilby into tapleford Park ; here Cooper D had to take his hounds round to a gate , the uke and P M r . J . Welby went into the ark at another gate with a few couples of hounds and viewed the run“fox going to Whissendine Pasture ; but by the time Cooper got u the s cent was too cold and the hounds were stopped

of 1 4 0 it was a ﬁne run hour and minutes .

F — ebruary 1 5 th. From Aswarby Thorns by O S b ournb the S y to apperton Woods , through Pickworth

S c Wood , back through apperton and Bra eby Woods ,

- fox c and to the Bridge end Road , which the rossed, and was N killed by the ightingale Gorse ; a hard day , horses beat . The hounds had been running the last

4 c . fox hours , and hours ontinuously

M a rch 2 2nd — From Humby Wood with an after noon fox , ran at best pace by Boothby Little Wood , O Ingoldsby Wood , through Irnham ld Park Wood , N w over Irnham Park to or oods , by Bulby Hall , and 5 0 into Kirkby Wood , a very good minutes ; here they

u E S c changed foxes , ran p to lsthorpe pring, and ba k

s . to Kirkby Wood, and were topped

— M ar ch 2 8th. F rom Hose Gorse to Piper Hole , by

L and k e y Lane to Clawson Thorns , in an hour ; changed foxes and ran quick under the Hill to Piper Hole ,

’ Bullimor e s E E thence to the , and by astwell to aton ,

we s 1 and nt to ground at Braun ton ; time , hour and a quarter .

120 or MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU NDS .

The best three runs were

N ovember 22nd — F S W . rom apperton ood , killing at

Aslackby ; 1 hour and 1 0 minutes . — J F Bo . anuar 4th. S y rom calford g, a ﬁne run The 1 run up to Wymondham was j ust hour . The fox went by Goadby Gorse , left Waltham to his right , M crossed the elton Road by the Turnpike , ran over ’ F S b the Hills and Hole s ield , through tones y Gorse and - c Plantation , thence at tip top pa e over the open ,

on leaving Coston close the left , by Garthorpe as if for S tapleford , but bore to the left, and ran into a small Spinney close to Wymondham Village ; here a fresh fox j umped up , and the hounds ran him hard by the c of W oo dwell orner Head , into Barrow Gorse , and

w ste ed to ards Thistleton , where they pp the hounds . O ur Scalford fox was seen to go Slowly b y W o o dwell

e s Head to Thistl ton to a straw yard , where ome b oys n found it a d whipped it out.

’ ‘ F ruar 1 — F m n x eb 5 th. N ew a s G orse an c y rom , e ellent

The ran F . W Brentin b , S hour y to reeby ood g y pinney , F thence by reeby and Garthorpe to Coston Village ,

u a F where the fox t rned back , ran b ck to reeby, and went to ground under a gate ; he was s oon bolted and killed .

F ebr uar 1 7 — A y th. very ni ce run of an hour and “ 2 5 N minutes , from Little ormanton Thorns , by the O Green Lane to rston , on by Thoroton to Car Colston , F m r o n and by lintha Park to g ound Trent Bank . — F ebruar 1 9 th. F t y rom Clawson Thorns , ﬁrs by

and O D b u Clawson ld al y , p the hill by Little Belvoir

c n n and Grimston , then e su k into the Vale and ra a on N MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 1 21

er ring to Pip Hole and killed , after running an hour A f x . o and a half third from Hose Gorse , a capital 3 5 u minutes , ro nd Key Wood and Colston Basset , and was killed at Langar . — A ril l oth. F 4 5 p rom Keisby Wood , a good minutes , and killed ; and a run o f 2 hours from Irnham Old

Park , by Boothby to Holywell , where they stopped the hounds late in the day . — M arch l s t A of 1 a good run hour and quarter , M S t from elton pinney , by Plymouth Lodge , down o A sfordby, and killed him in the river . — A r 1 t ~ A il 5 h. t p Haverholme ; last day .

— E ON 1 862 1863 . S AS ,

10 7 S The h ounds killed foxes . eason ended April

2 nd. d 5 e ste e . Th y were pp by frost only days , viz , h N 2 4th 2 5 th 2 6th 2 7th 2 8t . ovember , , , , After that

. N was nothing like a frost ovember bad for sport, F in D there was not a run . rom the third week e cember

nd of F b till 2 e ruary the country was very wet, and the Sport excellent After that very dry weather s et in , and though the hounds ran well in the evenings there f were ew runs .

of h was on J 1 7 The run t e season anuary th , from M S Coston Covert, by elton pinney , killing at Waltham in 45 of was an outhouse , in minutes . The story it thus related at the time ' r w W e found ou fox at Coston Covert , the scene here M r . the fox was Shot by M . before the hounds on a M EM OIR S OF THE BELVOIR HO UNDS .

late o ccasion Dece e 2 7 th an act c has e n , mb r whi h b e uni er sa l c e sur ed and wh1 ch has s ow the v l y n , h n good feelm

u i lv 0 0 farm ei s and an rs has e sig t d b v nea : l downe . b en

e n th e Du e t e sti y t e r w s to u prt s t ed t o k . f ing h i i hes p h old ht nting and assi st him in th e lib eral and noble

is c is t m anner he c ond ucts the h ounds . Th condu t ruly i En l sh and sh o s how uc nt n c to g . w m h hu i g onduces uni te all c as ses and pr omote g o o d fellow ship . But to the r u — th e fox on his e s 111 an sta n a a n l g in nt, we t w y at th e r ht an d c o ne e s to e the ig h r r of C n Cov rt , hounds s et tled el t o him the fir s e and r an av n w l in t ﬁ ld , h i g

h o s t o o o on th e r t t o a t l t e C n Br k igh G r horpe Vi l age . The fo x her e tmn ed t o th e l eft and r an up to

S axb v lanta ti o r ee i e a t 1 2 P n , ch ng it in x c ly minutes .

) l f car c elv dr awin re n w e bv S ax lla g i , held on by Vi ge, t enc e t o P i eeb v ll a e and a n 1 nu h Vi g , be ri g to the right , clo s e a on Brentin b y S n ey b ut w as to o hold l g g pin , he t o ent er it c o s s n th e M e to - a s et his ; r i g l n ro d , he head f r I v b o 1 ei t on S inne ut e wit i t p , wh n h n hree ﬁelds of it, turne d1 5 11 ddea to th e r t and him ly igh , Cooper viewed

oin at di g g minis he d s p e ed for Walth am . The hounds hunt e d li m b e ati t if ullv alon th e br dl - a t m g i e ro d to Wal ha , and o er th e s all n o s r es to altham t v m e cl u W Rec ory, where he cro s s ed th e T urn pike an d r an into a stable on h th e ri t of t e r un o gh Village . The up t this time was

4 5 mi nute s fr ea i o st on om l v ng C Gors e . Scarcely

thin w rt the a a had and y g o hy n me of check occurred , hound m : r he d th e spot where the fox ha d entered the

1 22 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

c D 2 7 th act n late o casion , ecember ; an which has bee

universally censured , and which has shown the good

of N S feeling all classes to the oble cience , inasmuch as in the man question was avoided by all , and a paper 5 0 0 signed by nearly farmers and landowners , has been

D t i w u presented to the uke , tes ifying the r ishes to p hold hunting and assist him in the liberal and noble manner he conducts the hounds . This conduct is truly

E 11 0 W nglish , and shows much hunting conduces to unite all classes and promote good fellowship . But to

— on his the run , the fox legs in an instant, went away

of at the right hand corner Coston Covert , the hounds settled well to him in the ﬁrst ﬁeld , and ran , having

on t the Coston Brook the righ , to Garthorpe Village . The fox here turned to the left and ran up to S 1 2 axby Plantation , reaching it in exactly minutes .

S on S carcely drawing rein , we held by axby Village,

Fr eeb thence to y Village , and bearing to the right , ran

n Brentin b S was close alo g g y pinney, but he too bold

M - s et to enter it ; crossing the elton road , he his head

M S b ut e of for elton pinney , when within thre ﬁelds it, him turned suddenly to the right , and Cooper viewed going at diminished Speed for Waltham . The hounds

b - ro hunted him beautifully along the ridle ad to Waltham ,

s to and over the mall enclosures Waltham Rectory , where he crossed the Turnpike and ran into a stable on

of o the right the Village . The run up t this time was 4 5 S minutes from leaving Coston Gorse . carcely

o f had anything worthy the name a check occurred , and

. A the line taken was excellent fter a little delay, a hound marked the spot where the fox had entered the on N MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 123

s table , Cooper looked in and discovered him under a

manger , whence he was ej ected , and rewarded the pack with his blood for the excellent way they had done their

. o f fox S work Well may it be said such a emper honor , ” nom en ue laudes u m an un q tuum q e eb t.

December 3 rd —F . rom Hose Gorse , a good hour

and killed .

’ Dec mber l ot — F e h. S rom ingleton s turnips , ran to S Harlaxton Wood , by pittlegate Bar , across the Canal , by Barrowby Cottage to Gonerby Church ; here being

the fox n headed turned , and we ran fast into Harlaxto f . o Village The hounds threw up all a sudden , but looking in the Ivy on the wall we descried Reynard watching us ; he was dislodged and killed a good hour 5 and minutes .

D r l — M ecembe 6th. Late in the day found at the ount

in Belton Park , ran hard by Welby Village , by Ropsley D F Rice to a rain at Harrowby arm House 3 bolted him , and j ust as the hounds were eating him out bolted

s et o ff one another they and ran this hard to Belton ,

e 1 . when it being dark th y were stopped ; time , hour — A S December 1 7 th. long run from proxton Thorns ,

ending at Knipton 2 hours and 4 0 minutes .

— A of December 1 9 th. capital run an hour with a fox put up in a turnip ﬁeld by Pointon House . He ran

A F alkin ham by Laughton to slackby , back along the g road a full mile and a half at full speed , a perfect race ;

F alkin ham D ran through g Little Gorse , and to a rain at Laughton ; he was bolted and ran to Pointon

Plantation , where they killed him . Hounds could not r un et w a . harder, y it ble tremendous gale all the time 1 26 M E M OIR S or THE BELVOIR HOUND S .

— A a ta 2 5 a December 5 th. c pi l minutes from Sw llow

e n a Hole , by C dar Hill and K ipton Reservoir to Gr nby

' ' W lin e s d G n . oo , kil g at re n s Hou e at Knipto

— r 2 1s t. A r un Decembe , good hunting of 2 hours

‘ r and 2 0 minu te s from G anby G ap . We ran to Bar ks V ton V o o d n a il E , alo g Terr ce H ls , by aton to Croxton

s b O and S a Ling , to Besca y aks proxton Vill ge , where

fox w as s e b ounds the een just b fore the , but they lost i him it be ng dark . — December 2 3 rd. A good run of an hour and 1 5

’ s F a minute from re by Wood , by Gillett s House to

Sto s s a and t ne by Gor e , to Coston Vill ge Cover , and on

u in e S t we by B ckm st r to proxton Hea h Gorse , where

s . n lo t Two valuable hou ds , Barbara and Lucy, were

s n in e n n poi o ed Coston Cov rt , bei g fou d dead with a dead fox before them . The earth stoppers terrier was l s . was als o poi oned This the twe fth poi s oned fox here .

J a nua r 1 4 th — F J 1 y rom ericho , a good run of hour

4 0 m te s E n to and inu , by B ottesford to lton , the ce

m u i l n Red ile , ro nd by Hose , and k l ed u der Piper Hole .

’ J a nua r 2 2 nd — F n y rom Tippi g s Gorse , the old i n r t n . g ey fox , la e the eveni g Run him very fast by

C o n ear e W a s s D yg ood , cro enton Park , over Wools f 4 5 r t . tho pe Cli f, and lost at the Canal ; minu es — A J a nua ry 2 8 rd . good hunting run of 1 hour and

4 0 t s r te s minu e from Recto y Covert , by Bot ford , round E S t J S lton Hall to ut on , by ericho , up to tathern Point, n t f where they cha ged o another ox . — F ebrua ry 1 7 th Coston Covert was to - day dr awn

s t . by boy , the hounds being kept ou side They drove

s . E out a fox , the hound were laid on He ran by dmon

124 on MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

a nuar l 6 — J y th. This day we had an extraordinary

3 5 m l to fast minutes , fro Ingo dsby Wood Witham

our fox of Wood , picking the cream the country . He

O Bitchﬁeld went by sgodby Coppice , through Wood , N by Burton Village , over the Great orthern Railway,

o to c of by Lown W od , orner Burton High Wood , and thence into Witham Wood , where , as usual , there were

a many foxes , which s ved his life .

3 rd — F ebruary . A good run from Boothby Great

W ood to Tortoiseshell Wood .

7 - Tu F ebruary th. a smart run from C asthorpe

to P eas cliff c D Hill , a bad a cident happened to the uke o f or Rutland , whose grey horse breasted a stake bound fence at the top hill at Gonerby , and he was obliged to be taken in a fly to the George Hotel . F — ebrua ry 9 th. Burbidge told us his shepherd had

n Br entin seen a fox lyi g in a fallow ﬁeld close to gby.

Cooper took the hounds to the ﬁeld , and up he jumped

Br entin b F to in view ; they ran him hard by g y, reeby , up S M n axby Plantation , and by Wymondham ill to Costo ,

’ r M to over M . arshall s battle ground Buckminster , S to S thence to altby Church , up the lane to proxton

o c fox Thorns , where ﬁve h unds oursed the , but he

c C 0 0 er on beat them , and after a long heck p held to t n S o esby Gorse , where the hunted fox had gone to d ground they bolted and kille him . F — F m ebruar l oth. S s c e y rom tubton , a o t ex ell nt straight run of 1 hour and 5 5 minutes . The fox took

’ u s S o w by tragglethorpe , L rd Bro nlow s Covert, to

o N - to 3 5 H ugh , thence to ormanton Hill p, minutes ; h ’ h c u to M r . N ere the ounds hecked , but h nted up ewton s or B N MEMOIRS THE ELVOIR HOU DS . 125

’ and N Bulli l House , on to orth Rauceby, thence by we l s to Quarrington , round the Village , and down to the S leaford Carr , where the hounds ran into him in the

n. u ope The ho nds behaved admirably , hunting a cold scent over some of the Heath . S n eason ended April 2 d.

EA — S SON , 1 863 1 864 .

1 8 6 3 The summer , , was very dry, and the harvest

S nd. early, the ﬁelds being cleared by eptember 2

2 7 of cubhuntin brace foxes came to hand in g, but the scent was very bad . — B . E N . The rainfall in ngland was small . The

R edford m smallest amount , excepting , fell at Grantha , viz . , inches , the average depth being inches . 7 The hounds killed 18 foxes .

J 1 st 1 3th They were stopped by frost anuary to ,

F 6th 1 2 and 2 1 st M 9 th ebruary to th , , arch by snow ; 2 1 . D 3 rd . total , days ecember a great hurricane J The early part o f the season was dry . anuary F began with a very hard frost . In ebruary rain , then

and snow and high winds , at the close of the season much rain .

S on n port the whole was bad , owing to the cha ge able character of the season . The country abounded

0 11 in foxes , not a weak point anywhere , but the

- y Rauceby side they were all mang . 1 —A 2 5 N ovember 9 th. very quick minutes late in

’ the evening , from Ancaster Gorse , by Kelby to Patman s W w . ood , losing belo Culverthorpe T 126 MEMOIRS on HE BELVOIR HOU NDS .

— A 2 5 m S December 5 th. capital inutes from wallow

Hole , by Cedar Hill and Knipton Reservoir to Granby \V ’ o o d . , killing at Green s House at Knipton December 2 l s t — A good hunting run of 2 hours and 2 0 minutes from Granby Gap . We ran to Barks “f n E ton ood , alo g Terrace Hills , by aton to Croxton O S w Lings , to Bescaby aks and proxton Village , here the fox was seen j ust before the hounds , but they lost him it being dark .

r 8 rd — A f 1 Decembe 2 . good run o an hour and 5 F ’ minutes from reeby Wood , by Gillett s House to S tonesby Gorse , to Coston Village and Covert, and on

S we by Buckminster to proxton Heath Gorse , where lost . Two valuable hounds , Barbara and Lucy , were n poiso ed in Coston Covert , being found dead with a dead fox before them . The earth stoppers terrier was also poisoned . This was the twelfth poisoned fox here . 14 — F J a nua r th. J 1 y rom ericho , a good run of hour

4 0 E to and minutes , by Bottesford to lton , thence

Redmile , round by Hose , and killed under Piper Hole .

’ J anua r 2 2 nd — F o ld y rom Tipping s Gorse , the

grey fox , late in the evening . Run him very fast by

n r D “f C o ea e yg Wood , across enton Park , over ools 4 5 thorpe Cliff, and lost at the Canal ; minutes . — A n J a nua ry 2 8rd . good hu ting run of 1 ho ur and 4 0 minutes from Rectory Covert, by Bottesford , round E S J S lton Hall to utton , by ericho , up to tathern Point ,

a where they changed to nother fox . — l - F ebrua ry 7 ik . Coston Covert was to day drawn

by boys , the hounds being kept outside . They drove

out . E a fox , the hounds were laid on He ran by dmon

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t — A 2 5 S December 5 h. capital minutes from wallow

Hole , by Cedar Hill and Knipton Reservoir to Granby

’ n Wood , killing at Green s House at K ipton . December 2 l s t — A good hunting run of 2 hours n t and 2 0 minutes from Gra by Gap . We ran o Barks n E ton Wood , alo g Terrace Hills , by aton to Croxton O S Lings , to Bescaby aks and proxton Village , where the fox was seen j ust before the hounds , but they lost him it being dark . — December 2 8 rd A good run of an hour and 1 5 F d ’ minutes from reeby Woo , by Gillett s House to

S o n tonesby Gorse , to Coston Village and Covert, and

4 0 E to and minutes , by Bottesford to lton , thence

Redmile , round by Hose , and killed under Piper Hole .

’ J anua r 2 2ui — F y rom Tipping s Gorse , the old

grey fox , late in the evening . Run him very fast by

C on eare s D yg Wood , acros enton Park , over Wools f 4 5 thorpe Cli f, and lost at the Canal ; minutes . — A f J a nuary 2 3 rd. good hunting run o 1 hour and 4 0 minutes from Rectory Covert , by Bottesford , round

E to S J S lton Hall utton , by ericho , up to tathern Point ,

where they changed to another fox .

l — - F ebruary 7 th. Coston Covert was to day drawn

by boys , the hounds being kept outside . They drove

out . E a fox , the hounds were laid on He ran by dmon r N MEMOIRS o THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 1 27

W oo dwell thorpe up to Head , by Barrow , to ground in

’

4 0 . Cottager s Gorse ; time , minutes

F ebrua r 2 8 d — A 1 r . b ut 2 y very frosty morning , at

’ o Clo ck F alkin ham found a fox in g , and had a smart run to ground between Laughton and Aslackby ; bolted

him F alkin ham and ran him back to g Gorse . Hardly

had the hounds entered it , than a fresh fox went away

St r n ow ee . by g The hounds got away close at him , and ran him at nose - end over the Pastures by Spanby as if

his for the Tallyho Covert , but he changed point and n turned back , crossed the Threeki gham lane , by the

- ran F alkin ham - r Toll bar , along the g road , and c ossed at F alkingham Bar ; they thence streamed over the

i on country , leav ng Walcot the right , Pickworth on the w n right , ithout hesitatio , till they entered Aslackby

3 5 . Wood ; j ust minutes , and not a check The fox

was seen to enter the Wood just before them . They d ran straight through Aslackby Woo , by Hawthorpe , into

Bulby Hall Wood , over the Brook , and into Catberry

W 5 0 . as ood ; time , minutes As ﬁne a run couldbe ridden

to o off w to . The hounds were never far , yet al ays had the

nts the h h r . s ce best of t e o s es But in N orwoods were two , y

’ d. N o got on the wrong one , and the fox s life was save

doubt our fox went on , as a very beaten one was seen trot ting by Grimsthorpe Castle shortly after , by a gentleman

’ returning from hunting with Trollope s hounds . M — F S 4 0 [ ar ch 2nd . rom proxton Thorns , a good W S S minutes , by ymondham and axby into tapleford

Park .

— F m Falkin ham M a rch 4 th. ro g Gorse to Aslackby Wo od in 4 0 minutes Thi s looked much like the fox 128 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOU NDS .

that gave us the run last week . He took us from the big Gorse at a great pace by the little Gorse , up to

D c the the Pointon rain , which was stopped , then e over D D n Brook , up to owsby , as if for u sby Wood , but

r n A turning to the right a into slackby Wood . This was 4 0 was done in minutes , and as the ground very deep all the horses were blown . If any had the best

H n n l . r d . M r . of M . ous o o o it had , his grey horse H

7 4 h our fox being in his t year . We again lost by a c u onstant change in Kirkby Wood , tho gh we hunted into Bourn Wood. — ’ M a rch 1 2th. F Burbid e s S rom g Covert, by axby

Brentin b to and g y Waltham Thorns , and ran to ground 4 just below Goadby Gorse a good 0 minutes . Which would have been better b ut the hounds were much

- over ridden by a large , unruly ﬁeld . n h Seaso ended April 9 t .

E 1 — S SON 64 1 6 . A , 8 8 5

- F . G a and W . Sna h e s in. illi tt it , Whipp r

for This was the worst season for sport many years .

All N v n to o o ember the grou d was dry and hard to ride .

A of 3 6 large amount frosty mornings , and days entire stoppage . Scarcely one good scenting day throughout the season . 1 The hounds killed 1 1 foxes . 3 6 D s . c They were stopped by frost day , viz , e em her 1 7 th 2 0th 24th 2 8th J 2 1 st w to , to , anuary by sno

22nd to 2 6th . A J and frost , deep snow from anuary 2 7 h r t F u 3 d. F 1 till ebr ary ebruary 0th to 1 9 th frost .

1 3 0 or N MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS .

- the hounds over ran him , but being held back they

was 5 0 killed him ; it a Splendid minutes , and there

were many casualties .

J a nuar — y 2nd. From Lenton Pasture , a bagman k w S ran hard to Pic orth Wood , through apperton up to

c ill Ropsley Windmill , ba k to Pickworth , and was k ed 4 near the village ; 0 minutes .

J anuar l oth — 1 6 H o tr y . A quick minutes from g ee S S Wood to apperton Wood , round apperton and back

fox to a drain at Ropsley ; 1 hour . B olted the and

ran again to ground at Hanby .

F rua 7 — of eb ry 2 th. The quickest burst the season ; 2 1 n minutes from Hose Covert , killing the fox at Colsto

IBas s et . M d — F ’ arch 3 r . S rom tubton , through Reeves Covert ,

’ by Colonel P ack e s House to Caythorpe Hill - top here 2 foxes ran the same line , and the hounds ran by Lord ’ n Bristol s Plantation to a ﬁeld from Rauceby Plantatio ,

on to where they killed . The fox ran some way the p f o . 5 7 . a wall Time , minutes

M ar ch 1 4 th — F F alkin ham u rom g Gorse , a h nting

run by Keisby, killing at Lenton .

— SE SON 1 865 1866 . A ,

All September was dry and hot ; and the Cattle J Plague , which begun in uly, became worse , and was

m la ost virulent in yer , and continued f throughout all the wint dying o it .

The hounds killed 4 2 foxes up to O ctober l 6th.

1 1 9 on 1 3 1 s . Total during eason , foxes Hunting days OF THE 1 1 MEMOIRS BELVOIR HOUNDS . 3

Through N ovember and December the weather was

s of very mild , with high winds and a succe sion rainy J S . days . Wind outh and South West anuary was F b M wet and windy ; e ruary and arch wet , and very little East Wind . S J 12th 1 3th F topped by frost anuary , , ebruary 2 8th w M 6 h l st t . 9 ; by sno arch to Total , days . F ebruary 22 nd and 2 3rd the Prince of Wales

hunted with the Belvoir hounds . Both days were

s s ee very wet and tormy, and crowds came to him ; yet on both days we had excellent sport ; two runs each

’ d l ﬁr t . s day The Prince ro e we l , especially the day

o n a chesnut mare .

s This season wa far above the average for sport .

a n o f The country w s very we t. There were abunda ce

t u foxes in every par , and the ho nds were in good trim , yet after the new year they did not hunt up to and kill

their foxes after runs satisfactorily . The best runs were N — F b r 2 5 th. ovem e rom Ingoldsby Wood , a very f 4 0 ast minutes , by Bassingthorpe , through Boothby n Big Wood to Humby Wood , where they cha ged foxes .

7 - A S N ov ember 2 th. good hour from proxton Heath Sw S Gorse , by allow Hole to proxton Thorns , through

to S n Buckminster , back proxto Heath it being dark ,

the hounds were stopped .

Dec mber 12 th — F e . rom Aswarby Thorns , by Wil

lou hb Bulliwells g y to the , up to California very fast ; they ran o n by Wilsford Carr and Kelby to Culver

thorpe , where they changed foxes , and ran to ground

at the Ancaster Cottages a very hard run .

K 2 R o 1 3 2 MEMOI S r THE BELVOIR HOU NDS .

1 3 — A 4 0 cember th. De good minutes , from Granby E M Gap by the Rectory , lton , thence to usson and Redmile

1 — ha December 5 th. This was as ﬁne a run as s

for m of been seen any years , as the extent the country

was s o cro ssed great , and all the time the hounds ran at a good holding pace , without any long checks . It w was a frost , and we dre Ancaster Gorse at twelve ; wind N orth West . The fox came out twice before he

’ to went away . He crossed over Garner s Plantation ,

Fir Flantation thence across the valley , and through the A w to right of ncaster they s ung round towards Kelby ,

W to skirted elby Hazels , thence Welby Village , up to the Seven Bridge Road . They crossed it to the left f A o bney Wo od , and ran past Ropsley Village , nearly

e to the Wood . The fox vidently shifted his point

H o several times during the run , and here he meant g tree Wood . but he turned to the left , left Ingoldsby

’ o n M r . u his right , and ran by Heathcote s ho se, and

o n round Lenton Village , keeping it the right here he

F alkin ham turned over the open country towards g , leaving Lenton Pasture on the left, and Keisby Wood o n the right ; they ran hard nearly to Laughton he

on A k left it the left , and passed close by slac by Village ,

l 0 3 rd n crossed the Bourn Road at the milesto e , and ran into Rippingale Village ; here no doubt the fox had threaded the homestalls as we came to the ﬁrst long check . It is probable we here changed , as the beaten fox was seen in the Village however the hounds

H aconb struck a line and ran hard to y Village , which

F en they left to the right , and ran hard down the ;

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E S Rectory Covert , by lton and taunton , and lost in the lane close to Bennington .

J - A a nuary 3 rd . good hour and a quarter from

o W o o dwell k C ston to Head , back by Coston , and illed 5 0 at Buckminster . And s econdly , a good minutes ,

S . from proxton Thorns , ending at Waltham Pasture

J - A o f 1 0 anuary 5 th. good run hour and 5 minutes S N 4 0 from apperton Wood to orwoods , in minutes ,

on . by Creton to Grimsthorpe , where they lost J 0 th — a nuar 2 . w y After a long day , dre Bescaby

’ O aks at 4 o Clo ck ; a fox went away and they got close S at him , checked in the altby lane , whence all the M elton men turned home ; the hounds hit the scent

o f S o soon , and ran to the left proxton Th rns , by

Coston and to Coston Covert , left it a ﬁeld to the right, b and ran to the right of Buckminster into Gun y Gorse .

s o . It was quite dark , Cooper stopped the hounds It

six of was a capital hour . O nly us were left with the hounds . J d — F S S anuar 2 2n . y rom toke Pasture , by toke and h lm l ’ E Sir M . C o e e s by y new pond , across aston Park , by Colsterworth Pasture into Witham Wood in 3 5

’

ir J . minutes . S Trollope s hounds had been in the

Wood , so the scent soon was foiled . — a nuar 2 A . A e J y 5 th. very hard day ft r a deal of N running, had a good run from the ightingale Gorse , N by ewton to Humby , by Lenton , back to Pickworth

Wood 1 hour and 1 0 minutes . J — A a nuary 2 6 th. good run from N ormanton Big S Thorns , by taunton to Little Thorns , along the lane O F n n to rston , by lawborough , nearly to Benni gto , by n N MEMOIRS o THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 1 3 5

S altb eck s Allington to the , where the fox, lately viewed , was unaccountably lost .

F bruar 1 3 h — A 3 0 e y t . capital minutes from Little

F alkin ham S em rin ham g Gorse , by p g , to ground in ’ llin ro F n Bi gb o e .

r ar 1 — 3 5 F eb u y 6th. A smart minutes from Ropsley

S M . Rice , by yston to Bell ount

F ebruar 17 t — A o f y h. good run 2 hours from

’ Burbid e s D W hisendine g Covert , round alby , thence to ,

D G artr ee thence very fast back by alby to Hill , and to n ground o Burton Hill .

a 1 — A 0 F ebru ry 9 th. good hour and 2 minutes from ’ D Tipping s Gorse to Knipton , thence to enton , and

o a ran t ground t Harlaxton .

F bruar 2 nd - e 2 . y The meet was at Piper Hole , and as the Prince and Princess of Wales were staying at

of . Belvoir , the concourse people was immense It was a most unpropitious morning, heavy rain and sleet . D The uke ordered the hounds to Hose Gorse , and the long string of riders spread all over the country . Found a good fox— got well away— the country was S very deep , and we ran well by Hose to tathern , up

L and k e fox the Hill to y lane , where the made a turn , and sinking the Hill ran into Long Clawson and was killed , 0 after a good 5 minutes . Then drew Harby Covert

— to got well away ran fast by Harby, over the Canal S tathern Windmill , bent round to Hose , ran round it

fox and by Harby, and ran into the in a wheat ﬁeld , after a good run of 1 hour and 2 0 minutes . The

Prince rode his chesnut mare through both runs , and

she with good judgment , though at last was beaten , but 1 3 6 M EM OIR S or THE BELVOIR HOUNDS .

h f x D of s aw t e o . he killed The uke Beaufort , Lord

Kin cote l Hamilton , and Colonel g , rode both runs we l . 2 — F rida 3 rd . A m to y, gain an enor ous ﬁeld meet

’ the Prince at Weaver s Lodge . If possible , it was more stormy than the day before . We found in Sapperton

of Wood , and despite a fearful storm sleet , the hounds ran very hard to Lenton Pasture , and to Keisby Wood , A 3 5 and through it into slackby Wood , in minutes ; D here they soon changed . The uke ordered Cooper W to draw Ingoldsby ood , found and ran to Humby d Wood , thence by Boothby Little Wood to Ingol sby . The fox ran hard over the grass to the Brook to the

’ of left Heathcote s House , crossed it, and ran to ground

1 . at Hanby ; time , hour The Prince rode a brown

one . horse ﬁrst , and a white second

’ M a l 4 — r h rb ro ok e N ew rch th. F M . S e s rom Covert ,

o f the ﬁrst time asking , a good hour ; by Clawson and

o n s . Hose , and killed the Hill by Clawson Thorn

a — A M rch 2 3 rd. nice run from the Tallyho Covert

fox to Culverthorpe , where the turned and ran back into Swarby Gorse .

— SE SON 1 866 1 867 . A ,

14 1 2 0 6 . Hounds hunted days , killed foxes 0 8 . Were stopped by frost and snow days , viz ,

N 2 0th 2 1 st J l st to 7th 1 1th 2 5 th ovember , , anuary , to ,

M 8 12th 1 3 14 18th 1 9 th on arch th, , th , th , , , and the

2 0th ﬁl l e 22nd . E , t, , a deep snow Intense cold and ast

O 1 4th o ur d o f wind . n N ovember cc e the sho wer M eteors .

1 3 8 MEMOIRS or THE BELVOIR HOU NDS .

J — F ' a nuar 2 8th. w y rom Burro es Plantation , a c r un A w u S apital by s arby to Q arrington , by leaford ,

’ t S F was o ground on mith s arm , whence he bolted and

“ run into in Haverholme Park ; 1 hour and 3 5 minutes . — 4 f J a nua ry 2 9 th. A fast 2 minutes rom the B ulli

’

S . more s , by Goadby Gorse to ground at tonesby

1 — F 2 6 F ebruar 3 t. S y rom tubton , a good minutes

’ and killed at Reeves Covert ; and a second 2 0 minutes to Welbourn Pits .

F ebrua r 4 th — F y rom Grimston Gorse , the hounds

in u u j oined chase with the Q orn , and r nning some b way together killed their fox by Goad y Gorse .

’ F bruar 14 th — e A . A y . capital day s sport hunting r un of 2 hours from Goadby Gorse Then a rattling 1 2 minutes fro m Waltham Pasture to ground at Freeby

’ a run N w n Vill ge ; and thirdly , a very severe from e ma s M Gorse all over the elton country , and ended at dark 1 4 in Croxton Park ; hour and 5 minutes .

F eb 1 - ruary 5 th. A smart half hour from N ew

W s Covert, and killed in hi sendine Village and secondly ,

of 3 5 a quick ring minutes from Bescaby . F — ebrua r 1 9 th. F N r un y rom ewton Wood , a severe 2 4 5 of hours and minutes , ending at Rauceby .

F ebrua r — 2 5 th. F S F y rom tubton , by enton and P Wellingore , killing at Cocked Hat lantation ; 1 hour 4 5 and minutes .

F ebruar 7 — F 2 th. o y rom C ston Covert, by Wood

well Head , and lost by Burley Turnpike ; and secondly ,

’ from Herring s Gorse to ground at K nipton Reservoir ; 4 5 minutes . or N MEMOIRS THE BELVOIR HOU DS . 13 9

M 6 — F a rch th. rom Clawson Thorns , and killed at 1 1 0 Willoughby hour and minutes .

M a r h 9 h — F c t . S rom proxton Thorns , and killed by the Fir Clump on Knipton Carriage Drive ; 1 hour 3 5 and minutes . L . RID E TE P E I E G A T G S AM R C R N HAM . , SS OFF ,