I8f.9: DINNEE TO EGBERT WOEEALL. 315 



Whilst g-allo])iiig' tliroiigh the flooded fuiTows, galloped iuto a ])ack l)rook in 

 mistake, flooded, had a uasty cropper; my mare nearly cut her hoof off witli 

 over-reach. Got up, met hounds coursing their fox across the bridge over the 

 Avon, where they killed him under my horse ; only myself and whippers-in 

 thei'e. Lord Willoughby was field master. Mr. Lucy not out. His Lordship 

 and most of the field Avent to Grove Park, thinking we were gone there; wlien 

 I got into the turnpike road, only Mr. Bolton King to be seen. As mj maro 

 was so lame, and no signs of anyone else, Mr. King ordered me home ; if 

 auythiug was said, he woxdd be answerable. This was an extraordiuaiy day. 



5th, Farnborough. — Capital day's sport. Killed a leash. This was a 

 capital day's sport ; went over a deal of country ; left off near Ufton Wood. 



llth, Shncl-hurgh. — Ran from the Hill to Flecknoe, and lost. Found at 

 Ladln-oke, and ran to Staverton Wood ; killed him just outside the wood. 

 This was a capital run over a fine coimtry ; time, just over the hour 

 Taglioni carried me well. Colonel Austruther Tliomjjson was out, and saw 

 the run.* 



loth, Ilmington. — Very good dsiy. Killed a brace; 25 minutes, with one 

 kill in the open. 



16^/i, Weston House. — Very good day. Killed a brace. 



March 1st, Wanvick Parh. — Nice gallop, and killed him. 



8//i, Filler Ion Toll Bar. — Nice gallop; 25 minutes, to ground. 



dth. Mitford Bridge. — Very good day's sport. Killed a brace. 



16</i, Weston House. — Fine day's sport. Nice gallop from Rollwright to 

 ground ; 30 minutes. 



24-^//. Wolford Wood. — Very good day. Killed a brace. 



Killed during the season, 30§ brace. 



I believe it was in the season of 1867. We had been in the Brailes 

 ■country ; we were going home ; when we got near to Tysoe, someone said to 

 Mr. Lucy : " That patch of gorse looks like liolding a fox." " Shall I draw it, 

 sir? " " Yes," Mr. Lucy said, " if you like." Just as I got to the gorse, 1 viewed 

 a fine fox sneak away through the fence. 1 clapped the lumnds on liis back ; 

 they ran like mad ])ast Farnborough, over the brook, to ground in a drain near 

 Cropredy Station. Being in the Bicester country, had to leave him. Mr. R. 

 Cliapinan was out. There were only about eight when we found. I Ijclieve 

 Li)rd Willoughby was the first to the l)rook ; all that were there got over well. 

 Miss Davy Avas amongst them. This was a splendid gallop; had the drain 

 been stopped we must have killed him, as I viewed him in the last 

 field just in front of the hounds. 



At the end of the season of 1808-1869, Bob Worrall 

 left the Warwickshire, and on May .:20th he was invited by 

 the farmers and tradesmen of the Warwickshire country to 

 a complimentary dinner at the White Lion Hotel, Banbury, 

 and was presented with a silver horn and a purse of 108 

 guineas. Mr. Samuel Berridge, of Drayton, occupied the 

 chair and made the presentation, and the large number 

 of subscriptions bore the best testimony to Worrall' s 



* This is the run mentioned in Bob Worrall's reminiscences. — W. R. V. 



