328 THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1870 



Jessop, Mr. Yate Hunt, Mr. Berkeley Lucy, Mr. 

 Woodmass, Mr. Flower, Major Manley, of Upton ; Mr. 

 AVelclinian, of Southani ; Mr. Fisher, of Banbury ; Mr. 

 Andrew Robertson, of Banbury ; Mr. CI. Uuppa, Colonel 

 Blackburn, and Mr. Tom Wrig^ht, of Tidmington. 



Amongst the farmers who hunted were Mr. Fletcher, 

 of Paxford Blakemore, a hard rider ; Mr. E. Scriven, of 

 Wormleighton ; Mr. H. Hawkes, Mr. J. Hawkes, Mr. 

 Grodson, of Edge Hill House ; Mr. Andei-ton, of Sugarswell 

 Farm ; Mr. Cxeorge Hitchcox, of Hinton, a capital rider ; 

 Mr. W. Eldridge and Mr. J. Eldridge, both noted riders ; 

 Mr. French, of Hanwell ; Mr. Chand^erlain ; Mr. Page and 

 Mr. C. Savage, both of Warmington ; Mr. Wright, of 

 Priors Marston, a hard rider ; the Messrs. Potter, of Farn- 

 borough (3) ; Mr. Bawcutt, of Burton ; Mr. J. Griffin, a 

 good rider ; Mr. F. Wood, of Bodicote ; Mr. W. Coles, of 

 Edge Hill Tower ; Mr. Garrett, of Tadmarton ; and Mr. 

 Page, of Adderbury. 



From Sir Charles Mordaunt's diary : 



Oil March ord tlie meet was at Newbokl Pacey, and tlie groiind was so 

 hard tliat when gallopiug over the grass the dust flew up under tlie horses' 

 feet. A very small, scrubby looking fox was found at Oakley Wood, and 

 went away at once over the high road, pointing for Highdowu ; but he turned 

 to the right, and, leaving Chesterton Wood on the right, passed across 

 Harbury Heath to the right of Bishops Itchington, and thence leaving 

 Ladbroke to the left, ran across Wills Pastures, and across the Canal, and 

 over Boddiugton Hill to Boddington Reservoir, and the line could not be hit 

 off beyond that place. This was a slow hunting run over about seventeen 

 miles of the finest country, and lasted two hours and forty-five minutes : the 

 distance from point to point being thirteen miles, and as the hounds did not go 

 into a covert, perhaps the run was with one fox only. Rode Isabel. Isabel 

 was a very good bay mare, which I bought from Mr. Cavendish Beutinek for 

 lOOZ., and rode for eight seasons. She was then bought at Tattersall's by Mr. 

 W. Chamberlayne, who was riding her when he met with his serious accident. 



On December 24th, 1870, Chelmscoto Gorse, more commuuly called 

 Spencer's Gorse. and named after that good fox preserver Mr. Spencer, on 

 whose farm it was planted, Avas drawn for the first time, and there was very 

 little lying in the covert at that time. The fox went away at once, with the 

 hounds close to his brush. They ran down the Vale nearly to Oxhill, and then 

 turned. to the right in a field quite full of ant hiUs, and passed to the left of 

 Tysoe, over the Banbury and Stratford road, pointing for Kinetou Holt ; but 

 they turned to the right before reaching it, and ran the fox to ground nearly 

 in view at Edge Hill, after a splendid run of fifty minutes without a check 

 oyer grass. Lord Camperdown went very well in this run. Rode Limerick. 



