22 THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 1790-1801 



That such u hard-ruuniiig liouud as this shuuld coutiuue in work to 

 his eighth year is far more than could have been expected from him; 

 but so it was ; and it was in the month of January, 1788, that after a 

 most severe day iu wliich he liad disting-uished liimself, but had showed 

 symptoms of nature liaving cried " euougli," that Mr. Corbet ordered tliat 

 Trojan sliouhl never hunt again. He lived some years afterwards, and, being 

 fond of lying and basking liimself under some fine old elms at Sundorne. 

 Mr. Corbet had liim biiried there. — [" Nimrod " and Somerville's letter,. 

 Sjwrting Magazine, 8th March, 1826.] 



Durins: the season of 1796 Mr. Corbet's hounds met at 

 Ihnington, and found a fox in a small gorse covert near 

 Stoke, and ran at first into the Vale towards Preston Bushes, 

 and back to the hill, and through Stoke Woods and Foxcote, 

 and again into the Vale, through Black well Bushes, and 

 over the Stour between Halford and Newbold ; thence by 

 Eatington and Brick Hill, and leaving Kineton to the left 

 they ran over the finest country nearly to Avon Dassett, 

 where this good fox went to ground. The distance of the 

 run from point to point was thirteen miles, and not less- 

 than eighteen as the hounds ran. Mr. Stubbs, Mr. H. 

 Wyatt, Mr. F. Canning, Mr. K. Canning, Mr. Cockbill, 

 the huntsman, and a few others only saw the finish. 



An extraordinary run took place on the 10th of 

 December, 1801, the only authentic and complete account 

 of which was written by Mr. Pole, of Todenham, and has 

 been seen by or is in the possession of Sir Pery Pole, but 

 has been unfortunately mislaid. He, however, has no doubt 

 that Bourton-on-the- Water was the place reached during 

 the run. The fox was found in the gorse near Epwell White 

 House, and ran down into the Vale near Tysoe, thence by 

 Shutford Hill and Tadmarton, and turned back to Wroxton. 

 He next passed near Banbury, and was viewed in a garden, 

 and from there ran to Bourton-on-the- Water. (Note his 

 probable line to Broughton, and by Wickham and 

 Tadmarton to Hook Norton and (Ireat HollMa^ight, and 

 leaving Chipping Norton to the left, by Sarsden, Cornwell, 

 Church Hill, Bleddington, and between Westcot and Wick 

 Ressington to Bourton-on-the-Water.) The hounds were 

 whipped off beyond this point, still running hard, at five 

 o'clock ; and they ran, according to " Scrutator," for four 



