92 THE WAEWICKSHIRE HUNT. i82'j 



Lower Swell, and Upper and Lower Slaughter, and by Cold 

 Aston, and between Turkdean and Farmington Groves, 

 nearly to Northleacli, where they killed the fox, after 

 running for two hours and thirty minutes, over eighteen 

 miles of country, and thirteen miles as the crow flies, the 

 first hour of the run being without a check. 



An excellent season's sport ended with a meet at Mitf ord 

 Bridge on March 28th, LS29. 



SEASON 1829-30. 



" Anonymous " tells us that the first meet of this well- 

 conducted pack took place at Compton Verney on Nov. 

 2nd, 1829, and on the following day they had a run from 

 Farnborough, such as is not often seen at the beginning of 

 the season. They found in the gorse near Mollington 

 Wood, and ran by Clay don and over Boddington Hill, and 

 through Priors Hardwick ; thence leaving Priors Marston 

 to the right, they went through Griffin's Gorse, Hellidon 

 Village, and the Charwelton Spinneys to Preston Capes, and 

 from there to Church Wood, just before reaching which 

 the hounds were stopped, as the wood was known to be full 

 of foxes. The run lasted an hour and fifty minutes, and 

 extended over thirteen miles of country ; the distance from 

 point to point being nine miles. 



On Monday, Nov. 7th, the meet was at Oxhill Village, 

 and a capital fox was found at Hell Brake, which ran over 

 Brailes Hill and by Sutton and Cherrington, straight 

 through Whichford and Long Compton Woods and Eoll- 

 wright Coombs, and was killed at Over Norton, after a run 

 of an hour and forty- five minutes. This was a very severe 

 run for horses, taking place as it did so early in the season. 

 Captain Gregory's horse died near Halford Bridge. 



The Warwickshire hounds had a very fast run over a 

 fine line of country on Nov. IGth, from Lighthorne Rough, 

 through Compton Verney Woods, by the Eed House, and 

 across Brookhampton Fields to Butlers Marston, where they 

 had a short check ; but the pack soon hit off the scent again, 

 and ran close by the kennels, to Blacklands and Pillerton 



