82 THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. ri82f, 



gentleman certainly rode nncommonly liard and well, but 

 lie could not g-o fast enough to occupy tlie first station, 

 being beaten by Mr. E. Greaves and Mr. Patrick, who had 

 the best of the run. Mr. Hay and Mr. F. Holland came 

 up shortly after the fox was run to ground. 



Mr. Hay only kept the hounds one season, and in 1S27* 

 Mr. Eobert Fellowes, of Talton, near Eatington, who had 

 declined to take them at the time when Mr. Shirley 

 resigned, succeeded Mr. Hay in the management. He 

 had a subscription of 2000/. a year, and retained Wood as 

 his huntsman. He was a good sportsman in the widest 

 acceptation of that word, although " Nimrod " finds fault 

 with him for being tempted sometimes to accept an offer 

 for the purchase of one of his servant's horses at the end 

 of a good run. " Nimrod " remarks that " Masters and, of 

 course, then- servants, should ride to hunt, and not to sell." 

 Mr. Eobert Fellowes afterwards lived at Shotesham Hall, 

 Norfolk. It is reported that one day he killed two cubs, 

 then went out shooting and bagged over ten brace of 

 partridges, and finally drove his team to Warwick Eaces. 



From the Sporting Magazine, July, 1826 : 



LINES ON JOHN WARDE.f 



By (pi\os 'iTTiraiv. 



Away with croakiug. tho' lie lias retired, 



Eternal laui-els shall his brow adorn, 

 Still shall his deeds by friendship be admired, 



Still shall his name, and memory be borne ! 

 And eA'ery season — when the chace is o'er, 



And Bacchns warms us round the blazing hearth 

 We'll drink " John Warde," and tell his tales of yore. 



these offenders. When hounds were going at their best pace, and had outpaced them, 

 he would cry out, " Now, gentlemen, ride over my hounds. Now, bran and chaff ! Go 

 along, bran and chaff, and ride over my hounds now, if you can! " Bill Barrow used 

 less ceremony than his master in speaking of these irregularities, and the offenders who 

 knew him took pretty good care to keep out of his way for a time. Bill frequently 

 gave them what he termed — a blessing ! 



* At the commencement of this season (1827) the Duke of St. Albans joined the 

 Warwickshire, making Leamington his headquarters. The Duchess highly approved of 

 this arrangement, and said, " Well, your Grace, if you can find amusement in the field 

 for the day, I will endeavour to provide for the evening, and we will see if we cannot 

 make Leamington as pleasant in the winter as it is gay in the summer." 



t John Wai-de was born in 1752, and died in 1838. He had been M.F.H. fifty-six 

 years. 



