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taken there, and ut once found liim. Tliey ran by Lad- 

 broke nearly to Napton and back ag-ain, thence nearly to 

 Watery-all, and from there to the canal at Marston Doles, 

 in which the deer was taken. Another fine run took place 

 in tlie Ladbroke country, when the deer at last jumped off 

 the Ct.W.E. near Fenny Compton Station, and killed 

 himself. They also had a very fast run from Idlicote 

 over the A'^ale to Epwell White House, and thence again 

 across the Yale to Oxhill, where the deer was taken in a 

 pond. During the greater part of this run Mr. J. 

 Mordaunt was alone with the hounds, and the distance was 

 traversed in an hour. He rode a famous bay mare, which 

 he had for several seasons, and rode in many fine runs. 



SEASON 1861-62. 



The sport in 1S01-G.2, under the joint mastership of 

 Lord Willoughby de Broke and the Hon. W. H. J. North, 

 was decidedly better than it had been, taking into con- 

 sideration that hunting was often stopped Ijy the severity 

 of the winter. 



From Sir Charles Mordannt's diary : 



On Thursday. Novemher 1-ith, the meet was at Sliuckl)uro-b. aucl the 

 hounds had a slow hunting run across the Southam and Daventry high road, 

 towards Braunston, thence to the i-ight to Flecknoe, and again over the high 

 road to Stavei'ton and Catesby, where they kiUed tlieir fox, after hunting 

 well f(n- nearly two hours. They found again at Ladbruke Gorse, and ran 

 very fast in the direction of Nunn's Bushes, thence to the left to witliin a few 

 fields of Watergall, and over the Great Western Railway to ground at Lord 

 Willoughby's old covert at Burton Dassett,* after a cajjital fifty minutes. 

 Rode Norman. 



On Tuesday, December 17 tli, the meet was at Weston House, and a fox 

 was found at Wluchford Wood, which the hounds at once got away with, 

 and ran without a check Ijy Rollwright Coombs and Wark Gorse, thence by 

 Over Norton Common to Heythrop Park, where the first check occurred ; but 

 a forward cast hit off the line, and they i-an at a slower pace by the Ovens 

 and Chaddington Down to Sarsgrove, and from there between Chaddiugton 

 Wood and Cliaddiugton, towards the Evenlode River, as if for Whichwood 

 Forest, but, being too hard pressed, the fox turned back, and was killed in the 

 open at Dean Cross Roads, after an hour and fifty minutes' nm over fourteen 

 miles of country, the distance from point to point being ten miles. He was 

 the finest fox I have ever seen, and had a collar of liair round his neck like a 

 wolf. Lord Coventry and Mr. Hickford Griffiths, of Campden, went very 



* The uew covert was planted by Georgiana Lady Willoughby de Broke. — W. E. V. 



