256 THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1862 



I remember tliis day well, tlioiigli I was not out. The 

 present Lord Willoughby rode Eapid Rhone, and went to 

 the end. He got home very late. My father and Lord 

 Macclesfield, who was his guest, were most unfortunately 

 left in Whichford Wood, and never saw hounds again. — 

 W. E. V. 



From Sir Charles Mordaunt's diary : 



Ou Friday. January \Otli, 1862, the meet was at Fariiborougli, and a fox 

 was found at Mollingtou Wood, and the honnds ran him without a check to 

 the left of Ang-el's Piece, over tlie Banbury Road to Hanwell in twenty-five 

 minutes. They found again at Angel's Piece, and ran liy Mollington Wood 

 and over the Banljury Road by Claydon to Cropredy, and back to Mollington 

 Yillag'e, where they ran to ground after twenty minutes hard ruimingf. A 

 third fox was found in the covert near the pool at Farnborough. and ran l)v 

 Clattercote, and over the Great Western Railway between Fenny Compton 

 Wharf and Claydon to Appletree, and over the brook as if for Aston-le-Walls; 

 but, bearing to the right, he passed by Byfield Reservoir and Lower Bod- 

 diugton. and thence through Upper Boddington to Boddington Hill. Here 

 he was very hard pressed, and, after running from one spinney to another, 

 was killed after a fine hunting run of an hour and a half. This was a hard 

 day for two horses, and not many out of a large field remained to see the very 

 satisfactory finish. Rode Sutton. 



On Thursday, February IMh, the meet was at Harbury Station, and a 

 bad fox, which would not leave Ladbroke Gorse, was killed in the covert. 

 Watergall Covert, Itchington Holt, Harbury Heath, and Whitnash Gorse 

 were next all drawn blank. Chesterton Wood was next drawn, and the 

 hounds at once went away with a fox, and ran, lea^-ing Lighthorne Village to 

 the left, through Lighthorne Rough and to the right of Bishop's Gorse, through 

 Chadslmnt Spinney and nearly to Old Leys, where they turned to the right, 

 and ran through Kineton Holt to Edge Hill, and through the Sun Rising 

 Gorse, by Upton, nearly to Shenuington "Village, where they were whipped off 

 at dark, after running for two hours, and for the first three-quarters of an hour 

 up to the Holt at liest pace. Rode Norman. 



Lord North records both these days, Jan. lOtli and 

 Feb. 14th, in his diary. He says the first one was one hoar 

 and twenty-live minutes, and the other two hours and 

 twenty minutes, but he thinks they changed at Kineton 

 Holt. 



He also records a day on Friday, Feb, :2Sth, at Traitor's 

 Ford. Found a fox on a fallow near Sibford Heath, and 

 ran him hard towards Brailes. Here they divided, and 

 what happened exactly he does not know, but Matthews 

 and five couples of hounds were away, and he heard of 

 them running hard by Sittton. He went on with. his 



