Book of Hunting Songs and Sport

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...further the way hounds ran. Second gallop started from Osbournby Hill Top. Ran to Aswarby Thorns, then in a backward direction as far as Aswarby Park; from thence straight away by Silk Willoughby and Quarrington to Eauceby, when our fox ran right away back on his foil to Aswarby Park, and we killed him in the shrubbery by the gardens, thus ending a fine day's sport. Time of this run, an hour and twenty minutes. Sir Thomas Whichcote declared it was the best day's sport he had seen for a great number of years, and. thought the first gallop the best he had seen since Goosey's time. January 14th, 1873.--Met at Bottesford. A fine scenting day, which resulted in excellent sport. Our first draw was Normanton little cover, and a fox being at home, hounds were soon at work in good earnest; but in spite of this, reynard stuck to his snug covert for five minutes, when away he went to the left of Normanton village, after which he turned first one way and then another, but all to no purpose, the pack was able to turn equally quick and sharp. On nearly reaching the Debdales, the fox found out it was no use twisting about any longer, so he shot away to the right, crossing the Nottingham and Grantham railway, and over the river Devon, and straight for Scrimshaw's mill, when he suddenly changed his course by turning sharp round past Muston, leaving it away to the left, re-crossed the river Devon, on to and through Shipman's plantation, close past Breeder Hills, when our fox was viewed by the field only a field ahead of the hounds, and they were not long then in racing into him; caught him just before reaching Woolsthorpe wharf, thus ending as fast a gallop as I ever saw, lasting thirty-five minutes. Hounds did not require the least assistance from beginning to the finish. A...