1852] JACK JONES AND THE EAPID EHONE. 217 



SEASON 1852-53. 



From the Leamin(jt(>ii Sjxi ('(inrier : 



November 13th. 1852. — Tlicro liavo l)eeu tliree spleudid nuis witli tlie 

 Warwioksliire hounds duriiinf tlie present Aveek. We are very sorry, liowever, 

 to add tliat Morgan, tlie huntsman, met witli an aceident by wliieh he was 

 thrown from his liorse and sustained sueli injuries as are likely to prevent 

 him from resuming- his duties for several days. 



In December, lb 5:2, Mr. Kobert J. Barnard became l^ord 

 Willoug'hby de Broke, the nintli baron, by the deatli of liis 

 uncle. 



1 lieard from ^Ir. William Cl^amberhiyne that during 

 the .sea.son of IS.J.^ the hounds liad a very fine run from 

 Shuckburgh Hill, by Catesby, Sharman's Hill, Holloway 

 Pool, and Hinton House ; thence they left Byfield on the 

 right, and ran through Warden Hill, and killed the fox 

 between Aston-le-Wall and Chipping Warden. ]\Ir. 

 Chamberlayne was riding a liorse which he had bought for 

 30/. at Cambridge. 



Jack J(mes succeeded Ben Morgan as huntsman. He 

 was a very light weight and a hard rider, and although 

 he did not show such tine sport as Ned Stevens, he did his 

 best, up to a considerable age, and he succeeded during 

 one season in killing at least 101 foxes, and we remember 

 hearing the number put at the larger ligure of 108. He 

 told us that during a good fifty minutes run from Farn- 

 borough, in the V^ale below Edge Hill, he did not open a 

 gate and had seven falls. He was riding a roan horse 

 called Bapid Bhone, but we fancy he was "romancing" 

 to explain his not having been with the hounds. Tf he 

 had seven falls he must have fallen off, for Bapid Bhone 

 could not fall, and you cotdd scarcely have thrown liim 

 down if you tied his legs together." J. Stracey was first 

 whip, and H. Harris second whip. 



* Lord W. de Broke, in his scc-oiid Boihniniou Mnyaziite article, says that .Tones 

 suffered, like the Irish tenants, from " insecurity of tenure." He also says that his 

 father told him that Joues showed capital sport the first two seasons he was hunts- 

 man. We are sorry we have such a poor and meagre record of the runs during these 

 two seasons. 



