16 THE WAEWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1878 



Nor fomes out to-day to compete for his sliire ; 



Siiccess to the sportsman, who, fearless of ill. 



Has come to ride straight from old Sluielvburgh Hill ! 



Why tarries the Squire of Charlecote* at home ? 

 From Alveston or Wellesbourue uo one has come 

 We miss Holland-Corbett,t and what can repay 

 Sir CharlesJ for the loss of his gallop to-day ? 

 While stout Pritchard-Rayner§ we're sparing but ill 

 To show us the way from old Shuckburgh Hill. 



Oh ! mind you the day when past Kilsl)y we ran, 



And the Squire of Thorpe || was the first in the van, 



Who now, on a pony, can only pursue ; 



Of the chase that he loves, take a vanishing view. 



Bad luck to that terrible place near the mill ! 



He may ne'er ride again from old Shuckburgh Hill. 



In vain for some Warwickshire ladies we look ; 



In vain for the face of fair Lady de Broke ; 



Though Love has been painted, all booted and sjmrred, 



'Tis too far for the flight of a " sweet little Bird ! " 



And a diff'rent emotion shall make the heart thrill 



Where the Bi*aimston rolls flooded past Shuckburgh Hill. 



" The bright star of Europe "% her kingdom has left. 



And Austria mourns of its Empress bereft. 



Firm seat in the saddle : light hands on the reins, 



As e'er guided steed over Hungary's plains : 



She has come — with her beauty, grace, courage, and skill — 



To ride, with our hounds, from old Shuckburgh Hill. 



The Captain** rides up — as her escort and knight — 

 To guide her, in safety from morning till night ; 

 And those who chose for her have chosen aright. 



* The late H. Spencer Lucy, Esq., master of the Warwickshire hounds before Lord 

 Willoughby de Broke ; a thorough sportsman and first-rate companion. 



t Corbet Holland-Corbett, Esq., of Admington Hall ; a brilliant horseman. 



X Sir Charles Mordauut, Bart., a staunch supporter of the Warwickshire hounds. 



§ Captain Pritchard Kayner. No better pilot, when hounds ran fast and the 

 country was stiff, ever rode to hounds. 



II WilUam Tankervdlle Chamberlayne, Esq., of Stoney Thorpe, near Southam ; a 

 quick, bold rider over any country. He broke his thigh near Braunston over some posts 

 and rails, and again, near Southam Mill, in a deep ditch. 



^ Her Imperial Highness the Empress of Austria. 



** Captain Middleton {" Bay"). He was killed by a fall from his horse " Nightline" 

 when riding in the Midland Sportsmen's Race at Kineton in 18t»2. The field where he 

 died was called " The Graveyard Field." A mound, and a tree planted on it, marks 

 the place where many of the dead were buried after the battle of Edge Hill. 



