302 THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1867 



March 1>/, Swalcliffe House. — Capital day's sport. Killed a leash. 



Sth, Eihjc Hill Tower— Ynj fair day'.s sport. Killed a fox. 



12tli and 14th. — Did not limit on account of snow and frost. 



15//(, Banbury Cross. — A very good day. Killed a fox. 



18f/(, 19^/;, 'I'liicl. — Did not hunt 011 account of snow. 



29th, Banbury Cross. — Very good day's sport. Killed a brace. 



April 2nd, Campden (by invitation). — Slept out over night at Campden. 

 Mr. Gritfiths provided dinner and breakfast for huntsman, whips, and second 

 horsemen. I had a deal of ohaft" from tJie natives over night. They wanted 

 to know if we had brought our nightcaps, as old Harry Ayris was often in 

 his all day, and we might be all night. I chaffed back, and tcld them we did 

 not go pottering about like that. As soon as I threw the hounds into covert 

 in Weston Park, several hundred acres, old Banker (a famous hound Mr. 

 Drake gave me when I went into Warwickshire) showed me at once that a 

 fox was on foot. In a minute I heard a " Holloa ! " half a mile from me. I 

 caught hold of them, and galloped up one ride and down another till I came 

 to a keeper with his hat off, who said, " Just gone over, sir." They hit the 

 line off, and in live minutes after entering Weston Pai-k they were streaming 

 over the open like mad for Foxcote, where they killed on the Earths, which 

 were stopped for that day on the Ilmington side. This was a famous day, no 

 doubt. We had a run, and eat our fox before some of our Berkeley sportsmen 

 that chaffed knew where we were. This was a good bit of business, and was 

 a very pleasant and happy day for me. 



bth, Kineton. — Useful day. Killed a fox. 



6th, Newbold Pacey. — Very fair day. Killed a fox. 



12^/;. — Last day of hunting at Suggarswell Farm, near Shennington. Not 

 a deal of sport ; so hot and dry in the morning. An afternoon fox gave a 

 good hunting run ; left off at Wychford Wood. Killed during the season 

 thirty-eight brace 



We must not forget to mention the Rev. H. J. Torre, 

 of Norton Ciirlieu, who was well known at the covei-t side 

 in Warwickshire for the greater part of half a century. 

 He was one of those men of remarkable energy and activity 

 to whom nothing seemed to come amiss, and he could do 

 most things well. He played in the Harrow eleven, and 

 besides playing in the Oxford eleven, he was one of a very 

 few who rowed in the University eight also. He was a 

 genuine sportsman and a good rider, who always knew 

 what hounds were doing. He told us in a letter as follows : 

 " I never had but one fall in which I ever received any 

 serious hurt. I was standing in the road at Little Alne 

 waiting for the hounds. My horse did not like the 

 company he was in, and reared up and fell back upon me, 

 badly injuring my back ; my coat was cut by a loose stone 

 and covered with wet sludge from the road, when John 



