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on the right, to Brick Hill Gorse. Up to this ijoiiit the pace was such as 

 made the company very select, only five heiug- })reseut. On crossing the turf 

 Pillerton reynard began to be shifty, and turned towards Pillerton Priors, 

 Avhere there was a slight check ; the line was then hit off over the turnpike 

 road to a drain at Lower Eatington, from which lie was bolted and 

 killed. 



If we may judge by appearance some first rate sport may be anticipated. 

 It would ])e difficult to find any hunting estaljlishment better mounted, with 

 smarter, cleaner men, or under a better general tlian Mawe, who tliroughout 

 the run handled the hounds in first rate style. 



During the two years of jVIr. Lucy's first mastership 

 he followed the example of Mr. Barnard in using- outside 

 1)lood. In the list of 1856 we again find Mr. Morrell's 

 Aim well, and sires were used from the kennels of Mr. E. 

 Sutton, the Duke of Beaufort, Lord H. Bentinck, the 

 Bel voir, and the Brocklesby. Only three Warwickshire 

 sires were entered. In 1S57 Lord Fitzharding's, Mr. 

 dreaves', Mr. Morrell's, Mr. Foljamhe's, Mr. Whebly's, and 

 the Belvoir represent other kennels. 



From the Eev. W. 8. Miller's diary : 



Friday Januarij 1st, 1858. — The ucav year )>egan very lieautifully and 

 very mild. A slight frost in the night was followed by a bright sunny day. 

 Met at Swalcliffe, and had a very good day's sport, though, strange to say, 

 about noon it was too hot for hounds or horses to work well. We started, 

 no one knew for what reason, wi(h a bagman from a small spinney just 

 to the left of Swalcliffe Church. After running a few fields we 

 changed to the line of a traveUiug fox. He took us, leaving Shutford 

 Clump to the left, across the Shenuiiigton and Shutford Brook, close 

 to Balscot; tbon, leaving Hornton on the right, by White's Bushes and 

 Page's Gorse to the MolHngton Brook ; we then turned short back to the 

 right by Shotteswell, and on to Horley, and lost him between Horley and 

 Wroxtou. Rode the Squire, who acquitted himself admirably in the 

 morning, and then changed horses with Fred Ward for his mare Zaidee, 

 who is a first-rate hunter, and carried me well. 



Lord Mountgarret also mentions this run in his diary. 

 He describes it as lasting for an hour and a half nearly 

 without a check, and also says that it began w^ith a 

 bagman. 



Mr, F. Litchfield Ward resided for some years in Mr. 

 Tailby's country, but for many years has hunted in 

 Warwickshire from Eadway and Leamington, and now 

 again from Eadway. No one is fonder of the chase. He 

 married a sister of Mr. Miller's. 



