BURTON HILL AND WINDMILL, 



Hark ! liavk again ! the horn so gay, 

 The " Tally-ho ! " and " Goue away ! 

 The honuds iu full, melodious cry, 

 And horsemen o'er the fences fly. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE HON. W. H. J. NORTH TOM MATTHEWS THE CONSTITUTION 



OF THE PACK SOME GOOD SPORT MR. NORTH's DIARY. 



SEASON 1862-63. 



Mr. North, by the death of Lord Willoughby, was thus 

 left alone at the head of the Hunt, and he continued the 

 mastership. Mason was succeeded as first whipper-in by 

 Eobert Worrall, of whom we shall have a great deal to 

 say hereafter. Richard HaU was second whij^. The first 

 day of cubhunting was at Combroke new covert on 

 September 13th. 



From the Leamington Spa Courier, November 8th, 1862 : 



The first day of the season with these hounds was Monday last. A 

 passing thought in memory of one who always looked forward with unusual 

 pleasure to the "first day" would, we are sure, occupy many minds. We 

 allude to the late Lord Willoughliy de Broke, than whom no finer sportsman 

 ever entered the field. He had been connected with the pack for many 

 years, and when Mr. Lucy resigned he again took the reins of office. How- 

 ever, the opening day found another county name to do honour to the occasion. 

 It will he in the memory of many that the late Sir John Mordaunt strove 



