350 . THE WARWICKSHIEE HUNT. [WG 



wliip, and in IS/O AV. Shepherd became first whip instead 

 of T. Neverd, and Jack Eoore second whip in the phice of 

 R. Smethurst. 



From Sir C. Mordaunt's diaiy : 



On January -ith, 1876, tliere was uot miu-li sport in the iiioruiiig-, hut in 

 the afternoon a gallant fox was found at Ettingtou Grove, which showed the 

 run of the season. The hounds went away at once across the high road, and 

 ran without a check as if for Fulready, hut turned to the left and passed 

 over the Banl)ury high road to the right of Pillertou. and over Herd Hill to 

 Kiueton Holt. Here tliere was a check, but up to this point hounds had run 

 at racing pace. After a few minutes they ran again without any hesitation 

 down the Yale nearly to the Banbury and Kineton road, wliere they turned to 

 the right over Edge Hill, and thence to the left, down into the Yale again, by 

 Arlescote to Warmiugton. So severe was the pace that many riders who 

 had seen the run as far as the top of Edge Hill could get no further. At 

 Warmington the hounds again turned to the right, over the hill, and ran into 

 the narrow valley by Hornton to Upton. Here a flock of sheep ran across 

 the j)ack, and thus the fox escaped when it Avas nearly dark. Only eight saw 

 the finisli — namely. Lady Willoughby de Broke, who had ridden splendidly 

 througliout, Lord Willoughby. Mr. Sewallis Shirley and his friend. Mr. George 

 Smith, of Ailstou, on his roan horse. Mr. Luptou on Burton, Charles Orvis, 

 and myself. Tlie liouncls had run over eighteen miles of grass country in 

 two hours. Rode Marathon. 



Mr. Sewallis Shirley, the well-kno\^ai authority on the 

 breeding, showing, and judging of sporting dogs, succeeded 

 his father, Mr. Evelyn Shirley, in the Ettington property. 

 He hunted a good deal at this time with the Warwickshire 

 hounds, and rode well. Although, unfortunately, he no 

 longer comes out, he is most pai-ticular that a wild fox 

 should always be found in his coverts — Ettington Grrove, 

 Eough Hill, and the Park. 



"We are indebted to Mr. H. Lupton, of Stratford-on- 

 Avon, for the following excellent poem, describing this run 

 after the manner of " The Epwell Hunt:" 



A GALLANT RUN FROM EATINGTON* GROVE. 



January 4th, 1876. 



Let the Quornite, so proud, toast the memory that haunts 

 Barkby Holt, or the Punchhowl, or famed John o' Gaimt's, 

 While the Pytchley man swears, " My dear fellow, of course, 

 No run equals our run from Waterloo Gorse ! " 



* Spelt also Ettington, >mt Eatington is the more ancient form. 



