1866] JIM HILLS AT WOLFOKD WOOD. 297 



Robert Worrall's diary : 



Commenced cubhiintiucf September 11th, at Cliarlocote Gorse ; very good 

 mornhig; killed one fox. Hunted twenty-nine days; killed tifteeu foxes. 

 The scent was not good. We met at Wolford Wood on SepteniJier 25th, at 

 5.30. Slept out over night at Shipston. Jem Hills and both whips were out ; 

 all thi-ee there at the appointed time. The day before I bet Tom Garrett ten 

 shillings I caught a Wolford fox; he accepted it. Wolford Avas full of foxes. 

 We were running from 5.45 till 11.15, and killed an old dog fox at the finish 

 in the open, as stiff as a stake. I won my bet. 



Jem Hills paid me a very high compliment upon the condition of the 

 hounds, and they ran hard the whole time. 



Commenced regular lumting November 5th at Charlecote Pai-k. We had 

 a very hard day ; not a good scenting day ; left off near the three gates. 



November 6th. — A very good day from Mitford Bridge. After a good 

 gallop, killed a fox near Rollwright. 



8^/i, Walton Hall. — A very nice day's spgrt. Killed a brace. 



9^/i, Farnhorough. — Very good day's sport ; plenty of gallo[)ing and 

 jumping. Killed a leash. 



15//i, Shuckhurgh. — A A'ery good day. Did not kill. 



From Sir C. Mordaunt's diary : 



On November 15t1i I was staying near Rugby, and hiinted witli the North 

 Warwickshire hounds. They found at Leicester's Piece, and ran in a ring 

 down to the river Leam, where they threw up. Soon afterwards we heard 

 hounds running not far off, and they soon crossed the Leam at fidl cry a 

 field distant from where we were. They turned out to be the Warwickshire 

 hounds, and they had come from Shuckburgh, having run without a check. 

 They had outpaced the field, and were entirely alone. As soon as the North 

 Warwickshire heard them running they started to join them, but by the 

 time tliey reached the place the Warwickshire hounds were out of sight- 

 Part of the North Warwickshire pack then swam across the Leam. and so 

 good Avas ihf °ceut that they began to run the heehvay of the fox which had 

 been run from Shuckburgh. and ran a long way befoi'e they could be stopped, 

 as there was no bridge over the river at that place. The Warwickshire 

 hounds ran for a mile further after crossing the Leam, and threw up, many 

 of the fiehl who had been with the other pack having joined them. The 

 North Warwickshire hounds Avere afterwards taken to draw Bunker's Hill, 

 out of Avhich covert a very stiff, tired fox went away — no doubt the same fox 

 AA'hich the Warwickshire had run so hard to within a mile of this covert. 

 The hounds ran him for fourteen minutes Avithout a check, and killed him in 

 the open. 



From the Leamington Spa Courier, Nov. 17tli, 1866: 



We are sorry to find that a dire enemy to poor pug in the Warwickshire 

 country is dealing out destructicm broadcast in every quarter. The little 

 game played at Charlecote Park at the first meet— viz., haA-ing a dead fox so 

 laid as to be A'iewed by all the field, was again played at Chadshunt. Wo 

 regret this exceedingly, as it is Avell knoAvn that no better sportsman Ua^os 

 than Mr. Boltou King, and although uoav a veteran in the service, it takes a 

 good man to hold his own with him. We are sorry oui- list does not end 



