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short to tlie riglit. :nu\ puintoil for Weston, crossed tlie road between the 

 lodo-e and Mitford Bridg-e. left tlie house on the right, and went straight up 

 Brailes Hill. Up to this time the pace had been very fair, and most of the 

 horses were beat. Scent seemed to fail on the top of the hill, and we thought 

 that the fox went to ground, but could not exactly mark him. Rode King 

 Koifee and Bilio.* 



January 21st, Welcome House. — Found at Snitterfield Bushes, ran very 

 well round by Grove Park, and checked on the Sewage Farm. While the 

 Iiuntsman was casting, the water was turned on and the fox was washed out of 

 the drain, and ran into the town of Warwick, after a good hour and twentv 

 minutes in the ojjen. A seven-mile point. Rode Ryper and Blackdose. 



January •22nd, Weston House. — Found the second fox at Greenhill Gorse, 

 and ran at a great pace uj) to Jenny Swift, where the fox was headed more 

 than once ; got away at last close to him, s\ink the hill, and ran across the 

 Yale nearly to Idlicote. turned to the riglit as if for Compton Wyniates, bore 

 slightly to the left, and ran into him in a grass field close to Oxliill Village 

 after a run of one hour and a half. A seven-mile point. Rode Bowler and Bilio. 



January 2Wi, Lotcer Shuchburyh. — Found at Caldecott Spinney, ran 

 towards the hill. Init turned to the left under the A'illage, and pointed for Grand- 

 borough ; after going two fields the fox was headed by some people coursing, 

 and went for Broadvvell. near which village we gave him up. Got away from 

 the hill at Shuckburgh as if for Badby, l)ut turned to the left immediately, 

 and crossed the turnpike road, and went straight for Flecknoe ; turned to the 

 right under Flecknoe Village, and went over the l)rook nearly to Stavertou 

 Village. Here we bore to the left, and went straight to Welton Place. Al^out 

 a mile before we got there the fox was viewed in front of the pack, and must 

 have lain down in a ditch. Anyhow, we changed on to a stale line, and did no 

 more good. Good run up to Welton ; fifty-five minutes all over grass, and 

 a seven-mile point. The Empress of Austria was out, and was much pleased. 

 Rode Zingaro and King Koft'ee. (See Map, p. 301, Vol. I., run printed iu 

 blue ink.) 



SHUCKBUEGH HILL, JANUARY, 1878. 



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You must order your best to be saddled to-day — 

 In the prime of condition to gallop and stay, 

 Your favourite flyer, your best bit of blood. 

 The " 2^earl of your casket," the gem of your stud ; 

 For the glass has gone up, and the Warwickshire will 

 Have a regiilar screamer from Sbuckbiu-gh Hill. 



From every direction they're gathering fast, 

 Till the cream of the country's assembled at last. 

 Bad luck to the " nesh " one, who sits o'er the fire, 



* King Koffee was a good horse. I Lad several rides on him. He afterwards 

 carried Orvis. Bilio was a beautiful grey horse by the Cardinal (I named him). He 

 was afterwards bought by Mr. Edward Tritton. I rode King Koffee once at a low place 



in the Grandborough double, and as I could not hold him very well, I told Mr. M 



all the way down the field that it was my place, but he would not, or could not, pull 

 off, and we collided in the far ditch. — W. E,. V. 



