1843] 



CUB HUNTING. 



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SEASON 1843-44. 



1843 August '24f/i. — Began cub Hunting at Chesterton Wood. Found 4 

 Brace of cubs and i-au about for 4 hours and killed one in Mr Wilkins Barn. 



■26th Oakley Wood. — Found Plenty of cubs and ran their for 6 hours and 

 Killed one. 



This shows the sort of stuff Stevens and his men were 

 made of. 



Septr 1th. — Wellesbourne Wood 3 o'clock in the Afternoon. 



This must have been an experiment. We do not know 



WARWICKSHIRE ENTRY, 1843. 

 Mr. R. Barnard. 



*By Sir Tatton Sykes' Bruslier — Mr. Foljambe's Willing. Bought by Mr. R. 

 Barnard as a five-year-old in 1840. 



t By Mr. Wickstead's Cannibal — his Singer, Bought by Mr. R. Barnard as a 

 four-year-old in 1840. 



if it succeeded, as they only found a brace of old foxes, and 

 gave it up. As a general rule this would not answer, one 

 great objection being, besides the absence of dew, that it 

 would throw the men so late with their work. 



