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liill over Faruhoroug-h Field & Back ])y PVuuev Com])tou A: North End & 

 Mr. Fairhi-othcrs & alon^ Arle.scote Bottoms to Edgeliill A: Cliaugfed our fox 

 iV: ran to '•roiuid by Tysoc road &, ran on to tlie Tysoo &: Chipping Norton 

 road i^ Sto[)('d the Hounds Pointing to Conii)ton tho First run 2 licmrs v»>rcy 

 good. 



January Ixt 1848 Goldicntc. — Found in the Pastures \ ran hy Stratford 

 Hoatli up to Fir Grove & hy Tucker House and Curved to tlie Left tlirough 

 the New PLintations & rough liill Si Eatingtou grove l>y Upper Eatingtou 

 througli Thoruton hreak Pointing to Smatehk^y Curved to the Left tlirough 

 Oakliani and Wellesbourne Wood under Loxley baek to the Pastures & 

 Changed our fox and ran a ring round tlu^ Goldicote Spinnies & baek into the 

 Pastures &, in the Wood half an hour A: away through the Spiny and again 

 l)y Loxley Si Welle.sbourne Si Little Hill & Cappingtou A; Middle Hill A: 

 Heatheotc into Oakley Wood it got a Fresli fox and Sti)})('d tlir Hounds at 

 Dark. 



ith Mitford Bridge. — Found in Witehford wood A; ran aboute there 

 sonu! time A; Lost him Si Found again iu the Avood and ran by the village & 

 Spinnies & by the mill & l)y Gi*eeuhill gorse over the Brailes road Pointing 

 to Conipt(m Pike A: Lost him. Found again by Compton Pike A; ran by the 

 mill to Tysoe A; curved to the Left by Thonials gorse A; Kirby A: St Harrods 

 Pointing to Brick hill gorse curved to the Left 1\y Idlicote A: over Harford 

 Fii'ld to the village along the water side Pointing to Honnington was Headed 

 by Mr. Harltords A; stoped the Hounds at dark. 



7fh Church Tysoe. — Found at Broomehill A: ran over Epwell Field A: by 

 Shenington Mill A: Balscote Leveing Claydon Hill on the right to Wroxton 

 Parke A; tiu'ued to the Left through the Garden aud on Pointing to Hannall 

 A: gave him up. Foimd again in Counceller Spiney A; ran a ring Si back 

 through the Spiney At away over the railroad Pointing to Chacombhill A: 

 curved to the Left by Little Borton Si Big Ditto A: Cropei'dy Pointing to 

 Farnborough and Turned Shorte back by Hauwell to Neighthorjie to ground 

 on Mr. Goldings Farm Bolted him Si Killed him. 



February oth Goldicote. — Fouiul in the Pastures A: ran a very quick ring 

 Pointing U, Fir Grove A: Back into the Covert again Changed foxes Si ran by 

 Loxley through Wellesbourne Wood by Walton to Frisshill trotted on to tlie 

 rough drew it B. F(juud in Oakley Wood A: ran a ring in the wood Si away 

 over Teachl)rooke Field through Highdown over Whitnash Field A: over the 

 road at Ufton hill by Oifchurch village Si thi'ough the grove by Cubbingtou 

 wood A: Crossed the road by Weston Pointing to Waverley Si turned to the 

 right by Wappenlmry skirtisd Ryton A: Killed him on Mr Hailes Farme Near 

 Brandon Station.* 



All account of the latter tine run has been given to us 

 bv Mr. Darwin Gralton from his diary. It was a wet day, 

 and they found at Oakley Wood at :1 o'ch)ek, and ran the 

 e.vact line recorded in Stevens' diary, and killed the fo.\ in 

 the open, near Wolston, after running for two hours and 

 twenty-five minutes. Out of a large field about seventeen 



* Mr. Vyner deKcribe.s a run in " N'otitin Veiiatica " wliieli was very mncli cm 

 tlii'sc lines, only run the reverse way. 



