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Happy tlie man who, witli lun-ivall'd speed, 

 Can pass liis fellows, and with pleasure view 

 Tlio stniggliug pack ; how in the rajiid conrse 

 Alternate they preside, and jostling push 

 To ffuide the duliions scent. — SomerviJJe. 



CHAPTEE VI. 



MR. RUSSELL. 



SEASONS 1830-31, 31-2, 32-33. 

 Mr. Fellowes having signified his intention of giving 

 up the hou'ids at the end of the season of 1830, the 

 subscribers to the Hunt and owners of coverts met at the 

 Warwick Arms on Wednesday, December 2nd. During 

 the meeting, Mr. J. Russell, of Upton House, expressed his 

 willingness, in case no other offer was made, to hunt the 

 Warwickshire country for seven years, provided the sum of 

 .■2000/. was subscribed annually. The retirement of Mr. 

 Fellowes was deeply regretted, the more so because during 

 his too short period of management he had shown very 

 fine sport. 



The offer of Mr. John Russell, of Upton House, to hunt 

 the country was accepted. Jack Wood left the Warwickshire, 

 and Bill Boxall was promoted to the office of huntsman.* 



*"A liuutsman," says Mr. Beckford, "should be attached to the sport aud 

 indefatigable in the pursuit of it. He should be sensible, good tempered, sober, exact. 

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