356 . THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. Ii87f. 



wlio kiu'W of it, was at Mr. Si*riveii".s favm, Wonuleig'litou. Tiiere was 

 jjlonty of good cheer for those who chose to avail themselves of Mr. Scriven's 

 liospitality, which was especially acceptable, as the morning- was cold, the 

 wind l)lownng- from the N.E. A little after twelve, Mr. Holland Corliett put 

 in an appearance with eleven couple of his little bcaiities ; and the field at 

 once trotted off to Horwood's farm, Radburn, where the stag, provided by 

 Mr. Spencer Lucy, had been uncarted. The hounds at once hit off the 

 scent. They ran quick (pointing to Stoneton) uj) to the canal, where a 

 check occurred, owing to a hare jumping up and running, but the hounds 

 were quickly sto^jped, howevei", and taken over the canal, and immediately 

 picked up the course ; away up Wormleighton Hill, across Mr. Tliursby's big 

 pasture to the left, fast; skirted the lower part of the farm, pointing for 

 Lower Boddiugton. Here they ran well, tm-uing to Appleton and so to 

 Cropredy Lawn, past Croj)redy Station, on at a fair pace, following the grass 

 meadows, over the canal bridge, keeping- the Cherwell on the left, and the 

 Great Western Railway on the right, up to Banbiuy Here the stag was 

 viewed. He held on, however, and turned across the line, with the station 

 and Banbury on the left ; skii-ted the town by the cemetery, and so across the 

 road, nearly opposite Capt. Robinson's, where the hounds came up to him. 

 He was not beat yet, for after jumping a wall nearly 8ft. in height, he leaped 

 up the passage to the Grammar School. He then ran up the road towards 

 Wroxton, turned to the left, then up a small brook, and so to Broughton 

 Castle, where he took to the water, and, after an exciting chase in the water, 

 was captured, having run for over three hours, over seventeen miles of by no 

 means easy country. Great thanks are due to Mr. Spencer Lucy, of 

 Charlecote Park, for providing so fine a stag ; to Sir Charles Mordaunt, for 

 keeping and turning him out in such excellent condition ; and also to 

 Mr. Holland Corbett for sending his hoimds so far, and for tlie patient 

 manner in which he hunted them through the run, under, at times, rather 

 .trying circumstances. I noticed at the meet, and during the run, Lords 

 Camperdown and Willoughby de Broke, Sir Charles Mordaunt, Messrs. 

 Arthur Thursby (Wormleighton), Fabliu, Scriveu, and Merry, all of whom 

 went well. I regret that an accident to a young girl should have happened in 

 Banbury, and sincerely hope that she was more frightened than hurt. — I 

 inclose my card, and remain, yours, &c. Gentleman in Black. 



I remember that on this occasion the pace was at no 

 time great, which is unusual when hounds are running 

 a stag. Some years previously, close to the moat at 

 Broughton Castle in which the stag was taken, the 

 Warwickshire Hounds were running a fox hard, but got 

 off his line, and nearly killed a large pet he-goat belonging 

 to Mr. John Fiennes, which just saved its life by jumping 

 into the water. — C. M. 



With regard to' the breeding of hounds, Mr. Lucy did 

 not follow the example of his predecessors in procuring the 

 best foreign blood, and during the last season the effect of 



