FULL CRY. 



Should all the g-ay larks, as they soai* in the sky, 



Their notes in concert unite ; 

 The music of hounds, when set oft' in full cry, 



Would give a more tuneful deliglit. — Old Ballad. 



CHAPTER V. 



MR. HAY, OF DUNSE CASTLE RUN FROM BOWSHOT MR. 



ROBERT FELLOWES TWO RUNS FROM BARTON GROVE- 

 SEVERE RUN FROM WOLFORD WOOD. 



Mr. Hay, of Duiise Castle, near Berwick, but at that 

 time living r.t Wellesbourne, succeeded Mr. Shirley in the 

 management of the Warwickshire Hounds in 1825, with a 

 subscription of 1500/ a year. He hunted them himself 

 with great energy and success. He had a fine stud of 

 hunters, and was a capital rider. He had previously kept 

 hounds in Berwickshire,* and was very popular, and was so 

 well known that he brought men into the country from all 

 pai-ts, and thus much added to its reputation. He kept Jack 

 AVood as kennel huntsman, and Bill Boxall was first whip. 

 There is but a scanty record of spoi-t during Mr. Hay's- 

 mastership. Tlie hounds had a good day's sjjort wdien 

 cubhunting, and it was a pity that it did not take place at 



* Lovers of Surtees' works will remember what Lord Scamperdale said to 

 Mr. Soapey Sponge : " You should be condemned to hunt in Berwickshire for the rest of 

 vuur life." 



