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THE WARWICKSHIEE HUNT. 



[1839 



tliirty couples of hounds, but next year he removed to 

 Leamington. In ls;i8 lie was succeeded by Mr. Hellier, 

 who hunted the hounds liiniself until 1S43, and the North 

 Warwickshire country as it now exists was not established 

 until about eight years later. In 1850 the well-known 

 Captain Anstruther Thomson, the master of " The 

 Atherstone," hunted the adjoining part of North War- 

 wickshire. This is roughly the foundation of the North 

 Warwickshire country. In 1881 the population of Lea- 

 mington was 25,856. In 1891 it was .2(5,930. Many 

 good sportsmen still come out from the Koyal Spa, and in 

 spite of having been satirised by the " Gentleman in 

 Black " and other sporting writers, they are fond of a 

 hunt, and are first rate hands at 



CHARGING AN OX-FENCE. 



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