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THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



[1842 



We were told by the late Mr. Lanclor, estate agent of 

 Taclibrook, that Bowshot obtained its name under the 

 following circumstances : The land on which the covert 

 is planted belonged formerly to the Mordaunt family. 

 About 400 years ago an ancestor of Lord Willoughby de 

 Broke owned a celebrated greyhound wdiicli Mordaunt 

 wished to possess, and it was agreed that the owner 

 of Compton Verney should receive as much land in 

 exchange for the dog as he should shoot an arrow 



Names. 



WARWICKSHIRE ENTRY, 1841. 

 Mr. R. Babnaed. 



D.\MS. 



Albert 



an') 

 y 3 



Bellman ' 

 Bounty 

 Bluecap 7 

 Bridesmaid ) 



Bugler 



Dauntless 



Fairplay 1 



Mr. Drake's Artist , 



Mr. Drake's Bachelor. 



Lounger (35) 



Brocklesby Furrier.... 

 Wildboy (38) 



Brocklesby Ferryman. 

 Mr. Drake's Bachelor 



Forester 

 Handmaid 7 

 Harrogate ) 



Harpy Halifax (33) 



Hector -- — 



Jasper ") 

 Jovial ) 

 Lavish ~) 

 Lively [■ 

 Lucifer j 

 Nautilus 

 Victory ") 

 Vocal ] 



Mr. Drake's Hector 

 Brocklesby Furrier.. 



Lounger (35) 



Duke of Grafton's Nero 

 Dexter (33) 



Duke of Grafton's 

 Captious 



Bertha (34) 



Barljara (34) 



Bridesmaid (34) 

 Diligent 



Destiny (33) 



Duke of Grafton's 



Hostage 

 Blameless (37) 

 Bonnylass (37) 



Joyfid (35) 



Welcome (36) 



His Hasty 

 Vanity 



over lengthways and breadthways with two pulls of his 

 bow. Bowshot Covert^ half of which still belongs to 

 Lord Willoughby, was planted on this and the adjoining 

 land. 



The celebrated Edwin Stevens became huntsman to 

 the Warwickshire hounds in LS4.2. We have often heard 

 him called the prince of huntsmen, and a few particulars 

 of his career will not be out of place in a work of this 



