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THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



[1851 



Hunt, together with Mr. i^arnard having threatened to 

 give up the hounds unless foxes were better preserved, had 

 the desired effect. From that time there was a marked 

 improvement in tlie ])reservation of foxes, which continued 

 until, during the mastership of the present Lord 

 Willoughby, there were more foxes than had ever before 

 been seen in the country, and from this period we shall 

 hardly ever have to record a blank day. The greatest 

 enemy to hunting was a farmer named Heath, who lived at 

 Harbury, and began to kill foxes in Mr. Barnard's time, 

 and continued to do so up to the time of his death. 

 Unlike most Warwickshire men, he disliked fox hunting, 

 and had no delight in seeing a good sportsman 



CHARGING A FLIGHT OF RAILS AND COMING WELL INTO THE NEXT FIELD. 



