304 THE WAEWICKSHIRE HUNT. - [1867 



" Man ! " quoth she. " Aje, man ! " quoth he. 



" Blind may ye be, 

 It is but a leetle milkmaid 



My mither sent to me." 

 " Fai' ha' I ridden, and farther ha' 1 been, 



But milkmaids wi' beards on 

 I niver see'd an ane." 



There are any quantity more verses of this song, but 

 they all have the same moral. — W. E. V. 



SEASON 1867-68. 

 Robert Worrall's diary {co/tfi/Na'd) : 



Septemher IMh. — Commenced cublniutiiig at Cliestertou Wood. Pleuty 

 of foxes ; did not get liold of a fox, lie got to groiiml. This was a very good 

 cubliuutiiig. 



October 'lotli, Alveston Pastures. — After ruuuing for two liours iu the 

 pastures with three foxes ou foot , we got away with oue. They rau for fifty- 

 five miuutes at rcicing pace, and killed an old dog fox near Pillertou Grorse. 

 Sir Charles Mordaunt was out shooting at Walton ; he told me he heard me 

 holloa "whoop" when we killed. Only mj'self and Hastings saw anything of 

 it. I had the Intches out. Never saw hounds run harder. 



29th, BiUesley Hall— Had a capital run. Killed. 



Slst, Barton Grove. — Found in the Grove ; ran to Over Norton, to ground. 

 This was a good run. 



November 1st, Wroxton, — Found in Claydon HillGorse; rau to ground in 

 a drain. Found in a small bit of osiers ; ran over Crouch HiU, leaving 

 Banbury just on the left ; crossed the Canal and both railways, L. and N.W. 

 and G.W.R. ; past Chacombe nearly to Thenford, bore left-handed past 

 Wilscote in the Bicester country ; here he swung left-handed, crossed the 

 Baidmry and Leamington road near the Hare and Hounds public inn, along 

 the flat for Chamberlain's Gorse ; the bitches ran into this fox oue field lief ore 

 reaching the gorse, as stiff as a stake. 



Bob Worrall told me, " This was Lady Willoughby de 

 Broke's first day with the Warwickshire Hounds after her 

 marriage. It was a treat to see her hxdyship ride this fine 

 run. Soon after we had found, his lordship gave her a 

 lead over four strong rails by the side of a chained gate. 

 When he was over, he called back to her, ' Come on 

 Oerry,' and over she went. Lady Willoughby had 

 the brush of this good fox from me." — W. E. Y. 



November 4:th. — Commenced regular hunting at Charlecote Park. Fair 

 day. No fox. 



oth, Idlicote House. — Fair day's sjwrt. Killed two foxes. 

 ~th, Harbury Village. — Good day's sport. Killed one fox. 



