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Cooiube AWjov. in the Atlicrstonc countrv, after a very severe cliase of more 

 than two hours. 



From the Lodiiiiufifon Spa Courier, February otli, Y^'V-h : 



Met at the Kennels, and drew Kinetou Holt bhink. Trotted to Edg'e Hills, 

 and found at NiehoU's Gorse, and went away to Upton Gorse, alonf^the hills 

 to Shennins-ton Gorse. Here, tui'niug to the right along the hills, straight 

 througli Upper, Middle, and Lower Tysoe. At the latter place he was 

 headed, and made for Oxliill and Compton Wyniates before he was killed 

 near the latter place. This run was vei-y fa.st, and occupied one hour and 

 ten minutes. 



FfbriKinj I'lth, l!S.")l>.— Met at Whim])st()ne Bridge. Found at Crimscote 

 Downs, and ran very fast to VVhimpstone Bridge, to the left by Preston Bushes, 

 over the Avon at Lower Milcote, by Drayton Wild Moor, Billesley, Aston 

 Wood, and Aston Cantlow. Here he turned to^ the left by Haselor, and made 

 for Temple Grafton and Binton. where he was lost after running not less than 

 twenty miles. 



At a meetiug held at the llegent Hotel, Leamington, 

 on Monday, February .:28rd, 1^53, it was decided, with the 

 full concurrence of Lord Willoughby de Broke, that the 

 following division of the country be made between the 

 W^irwickshire and the North AVarwickshire Hunt.s. The 

 river Leam to be the boundary, giving the coverts on the 

 far side of it to North Warwickshire ; from Warwick to 

 Kowington, the J^irmingham and Warwick Canal; from 

 Rowington to AVooton Wawen, the Birmingham and 

 Stratford Canal ; from Wooton Wawen to Alcester, the 

 road from Wooton to Alcester, the turnpike road to 

 Birmingham.^' 



From the Lcdiiiiiij/toii Spa Courier : 



On Thnrxdaij, Murcli ith. 1853, the meet was at Lower Shuckburgh 

 The frost iioi being sufficiently out of the ground to try the coverts at Shuck- 

 burgh, Debdale was tried, where a fox was very soon found, but after a .short 

 time lost. The order was tlien given for Ufton Wood, and the hounds were 

 not long in covert before a fox was found, and, after dwelling a brief space, he 

 gallantly broke away at the lower end of the wood, and, crossing the Southam 

 turn))ike road, ran along the valley und(>r Uft(m Village to Harbury Field, 

 turning to the right across the Fos.se Road, and. nothing daunted by the Great 

 Western Railway, ran over the lines, followed l)y his eager pursuers, which, 



* These boundaries have apparently been altered since this date, for, as will be 

 seen from our map, the line now runs by the Warwick Racecourse between Hampton- 

 on-the-Hill and Hamilton Lodge, just north of Norton Lindsey, and south of 

 Gaunaway to Wolverton, and then, including the neutral country north-west, by 

 Langton, Kington Grange, and Banimoor Green to Crab Mill, and then south-west 

 along the Alne to Alcester. — W. R. V. 



