| Date. | No. of trout. | lb. | oz. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 19th | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| June | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| June | 13th | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| June | 22nd | 6 | 9 | 11 |
| July | 1st | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| July | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| July | 14th | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| July | 18th | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| July | 21st | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| July | 29th | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| July | 31st | 8 | 7 | 12 |
| Aug. | 5th | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Aug. | 8th | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Aug. | 17th | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Aug. | 24th | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Sept. | 1st | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Sept. | 4th | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Sept. | 11th | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Sept. | 16th | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Sept. | 19th | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| Sept. | 27th | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Sept. | 29th | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Sept. | 30th | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Total | 65 | 93 | 12 | |
Red Quill.
A Hundred Years Ago.
(FROM THE SPORTING MAGAZINE OF 1806.)
Wiltshire Hounds.—Saturday, January 14th, a pack of foxhounds met at Horkwood, and soon after throwing in unkennelled a fox in the first stile. After trying the earths at Farmclose, Donhead, &c.—which had been previously stopped—he crossed the Salisbury Road, through Charlton; taking over Charlton fields he went for Melbury, over the heath, and then gallantly faced the hills, leaving Ashmoor close on the right and Ashcombe on the left; came into Cranbourne Chase; left Bussey Lodge far on the left, came to Chettle Down; leaving Chettle on the right, running nearly up to Handly, at which place he was headed; then running up to Critchell he was run into, attempting to cross the river by Horton Farm. This chase lasted an hour and thirty-five minutes, and the distance could not be less than twenty-five miles. It is supposed to have been the severest run ever remembered in this part of the country.
Thornville Royal.
This magnificent seat of princely festivity and general hospitality, for so many years in the possession of Colonel Thornton, was on Monday, January 6th, surrendered to his successor, the present purchaser, Lord Stourton; but not until the Colonel who, determined never to violate the charter, had, according to annual custom, thrown his doors open, filled all his rooms and tables with his friends, during a whole month spent in unremitted cheerfulness and good humour, passing the days in various field sports, the evenings in convivial harmonious hilarity, inspired by the natural urbanity of the Colonel’s manners, and the choicest and oldest wines now in Great Britain. Perhaps a more splendid and brilliant Christmas was never witnessed in this country.
On New Year’s Day, the neighbourhood were indulged with the finest coursing possible in the park; after which a grand dinner, at which were wines—none under thirty years old, and many at the age of sixty. On this occasion the house and the Temple of Victory were illuminated in grateful remembrance of the soldiers of the York Militia.
After amusing the party and the rustics in the neighbourhood with seeing the upper lake let off, where pike from five to twenty pounds, carp from twelve to fifteen pounds, tench from four to six pounds, perch from two to three pounds, were discovered, to the great satisfaction of the curious in lake fish; a few were taken and one-half sent to the present owner, Lord Stourton.