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Oxendean
Farm, Jevington
The hounds struggled on the exposed stubble fields in the wind as they climbed up towards Friston Forest but streamed away on entering the woods. They bye passed the dew pond and turning back towards the edge of the wood lost the line. After extensive casting they picked it up, hunting all through the beech trees round Middle Brow to catch the quarry below the mound. Chris
and Robbie were our next quarry and had been enlarged three quarters
of an hour before hounds were laid on. Hounds hunted towards Beggar's
Croft and hunting on through the beech trees towards New Barn, Chris
and Robbie had meanwhile been enlarged behind the dew pond half an
hour earlier. Hounds hunted up Snap Hill but they missed a large loop
of forest hunting and found the quarry at the top It was an extremely hard day for the hounds who are still only about 75% fit and this was the young entries first hunt in woodland. Some coped well but others were tailed off. Thanks to the support team all hounds were on at the end of the day. Pop Ramus,
quarry Robbie Miles and Roger Manning at tea |
they
crossed over the tracks at Friston Bottom and back again past the
waterworks. Turning below Friston Hill they hunted through the trees
up the side of the gallops to catch the quarry at the top dew pond
with the field unable to keep in touch. For the next line, Adrian
had been enlarged half an hour before. The hounds were laid on behind
the dew pond, and swung down Snap Hill to Charleston Bottom and made
a large loop around the top end of the forest where he was caught.
The hounds were held for ten minutes while he ran through the trees
to the dew pond at Charleston Bottom, which they hunted in great style.
dew pond. As both horses and hounds had had enough, home was blown.
