mr: CAPTAIN JENNINGS. 177 



■o'clock. He had ridden tlie liorse to covert tVoiii 

 Ijeamingtou in the morning, and could not have ridden 

 this rare little animal less than seventy miles during the 

 (lav. which including such a run was an extraordinary 

 performance for one horse. Captain Jennings was one of 

 few who could ride a young horse with skill and judgment, 

 and he hunted until over eighty years of age. He still 

 rides to a near meet at the age of ninety-one.* 



Stevens" diarv was continued on February 15th. 



February IStli HiUmorton VUlmje — Foxiiid ;v fox or a fox Found for usf 

 Avlieiit away Poiiitiii(>- to Crick & tiirued to tlie ri<>'lit & we Killed liiiii in 

 Hillmortou Field. Found again in Cooks Grorsc and ran Parallel witli 

 Rainsbrook f(n- A mile Curved to the riolit Strait over the canal Leveinji; 

 Kilsbv on the Left on to Barby Hill to Ground 20 minutes very fast. Found 

 again in Willoughby Gorse & ran by Sawbridge Pointing to Buukershill & 

 4he Hounds ran into him in 12 minutes in the middle of A large Grass Field. 



There must have been a rare scent on this day, and y^t 

 it was just before a storm. 



-lord. Wichford ViUagt'. — Drew the wood nnd Combs & Spiunies Blank. 

 Found on Brailes hill I'v ran a ring under tlie hill & away Leveing St Denis 

 to the right to Hunnington hill Pointing to Idlicote House Curved to the 

 Left by Hunnington village to the Back of Shipstone & Willington & over 

 Brailes hill to ground by Clierrington mill ct Left him. 



To draw Whichford Wood blank is a very rare event. 



26th, Church Tijsoe. — Found at Compton A: could not run on the hills 

 Drew Pillerton Gorse B. Found a Brace in Kineton Holte & very quick up 

 to the hill & along by Knowl end & over arlescote Field by Mr William 

 Ledbrokesup to the Burton road Headed Sliorte Back & ran by Mr Andertous 

 up to Chadshunt 1 hour very good c^' he Beat us, 



March -ifh. Princethorpe. — Drew Frankton Blank k Fulam wood & lines 

 Spiny. Found in Paphills A: 2 rings & away by Bourton it Frankton Village 

 through Frankton wood A; Bxill & Butcher woods & Killed him one hour. 

 Foimd again in Debdale & ran ixp to Birbery Wafe over the Dunchiirch 

 Road Pointing to Twemlow Spinneys was headed Shorte Back & we Lost 

 him. 



V.\f}i Henley in arcZe/*. — Found in Mockley Wood & ran in the wood 15 

 minutes to ground. Fouiul again in Upi^er Skilts & ran Pointing to Morton 

 B:igot Curved to the Left through Mockley Avood over Reuals green through 

 the (rardens at Henley in arden it over the road by Wooton Hall & ran into 

 him Pointing to Austy wood 55 minutes. 



* I saw him at Uftou Wood in December, 1895. — W. R. V. 



t This probably means another Ixigmau turned down at the same place as the one 

 enlarged previous to the great run from Hillmorton on Jan. 16th, 18^15, and rather 

 confirms the truth of the statement mw\c nt tluit timo. 



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