. A history of the Meynell hounds and country, 1780-1901 . cceeded to the Temple Newsamestates in Yorkshire, and he ordered something good to beserved out to wash down the roast choose. We had theliquor after that, an old man told the writer, but nomore roast goose, for the squire used to spend Michaelmasat Temple Newsam. Sciatica, too, had him in its grip,and he went hunting very little afterwards, his activeduties as master devolving on his brother, the Admiral,and his son, the young squire. On January 18 th, they met at Foston Hall, at thetime when Queen Adelaide resided at Sudbury, and sev
. A history of the Meynell hounds and country, 1780-1901 . cceeded to the Temple Newsamestates in Yorkshire, and he ordered something good to beserved out to wash down the roast choose. We had theliquor after that, an old man told the writer, but nomore roast goose, for the squire used to spend Michaelmasat Temple Newsam. Sciatica, too, had him in its grip,and he went hunting very little afterwards, his activeduties as master devolving on his brother, the Admiral,and his son, the young squire. On January 18 th, they met at Foston Hall, at thetime when Queen Adelaide resided at Sudbury, and severalof her distinguished guests attended the meet, which wasnot a large one. A correspondent sent the followingaccount of the days sport to Bells Life:— A fox was soon found and went away at a rattling pace, and, after a goodinn of forty-five minutes, was lost near Sutton, owing, we believe, to the flooded Joe Leedham. From a picture in the possession of Miss Mills of Yoxall. •rnBribaaJ aoL to rioiggsssoq aril ni siutoiq b moiH .fiBxoY to alUM aai/yi. 1842] QUEEN ADELAIDE AT SUDBURY. Ul state of the country, which also was the cause of many falls and duckings in thecourse of the day. The field had not long to wait before a brace of foxes wereviewed away from Sutton Gorse. The hounds were again laid on, with a capitalBcent, and Reynard, fortunately, took a beautiful line of grass, with regular, stiff,and severe fencing, and such as none but those who were well mounted could geton with. The pace, very good at first, soon became tremendous. Longford,Thurvaston, and Radburne were passed without a check, and the gallant fox thenturned straight for Etwall, and led his pursuers across the well-known brook—near that village—at any time a rum one to get over and now bank full. up to the brook was an hour and twenty minutes at racing pace, but, as soonas the hounds were over, scent began to fail; and, after a quarter of an hour ofslow hunting, the hounds were flogged oif,
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