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THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



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hiiu, next to old Charles Payne,* the tiiiest huiitsniaii, aiul 

 the keenest, quickest man after a fo.x he ever saw. 

 Beers was a good huntsman, and no one knew the run 

 of a fox better, or got his hounds (|uieker to him, but he 

 had not, jDerhaps, the fire, dash, and enthusiasm of Stevens^ 

 Payne, and the late William (loodall. 



WARWICKSHIRE ENTRY. 1848. 

 Mr. R. Barnard. 



* By tlie Belvoir Fatal— Mr. Druke's Wayward. 

 Mr. Barnard iu 1844. 



Boufflit as a two-year-old l)y 



28^/;. Weston House. — Found iu Witchford wood ct ran aboute there 4 

 liours and Killed a fox in Longcompton wood idiov running aboute all day. 



It is curious how history of this kind repeats itself. 

 Here is a regular typical Weston House day. 



30^/) Gaydon Inn. — Found in Ladbrooke gorse a Brace of Foxes one 

 whent away but the Hounds where running a Nother fox at the same time 

 ran liim aboute the gorse half an hour &. away 3 Fields & Killed him. Found 



* Charles Payne had the same habit as Stevens ot keeping some hounds always, 

 near him, and I remember seeing a very fine rnii from Kilworth Sticks to Bitte.swell 

 with only seven couiiles of hounds.— C. M. 



