18 THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1878 



Hark ! Stand still for a moment ! Again ! I'll be sworn 



That was the note of Lord Willoughbj's horn.* 



From the depths of the cover, 'tis heard by each hound ; 



And, through the dense thicket, towards it they boi;nd. 



Jack has lifted his cap, and his view-holloa shrill, 



Lets us know he's away from old Shuckburgh Hill. 



At the heart-stirring sound, ringing clear through the air, 

 " From her seat on each croup has alighted black Care ; " 

 The veriest grumbler has ceased to complain, 

 One note of the horn has cured every pain ; 

 One rattling view-holloa has banished each ill 

 Far away from each bosom on Shuckburgh Hill. 



See Rainbow and Ruler break cover the first, 



And Comical's sure to be there in the burst. 



Has Salesman once challenged P Then reynard must die, 



While Tapster and Tarquin can stoop and can fly; 



But when the scent's failing then "Ranger boy "+ will 



Pick out the cold line from old Shuckburgh Hill. 



Our Master his horn has returned to its case, 



And, for a brief naoment, dark, stern grows his face. 



As he sees that each Rugby and Leamington man 



Has determined to get the best start that he can. 



His " Do let them settle ! Now pleise to stand still ! " 



Could be heard at old Radbourue from Shuckburgh Hill. 



But the shades of anxiety fade from his brow. 

 As they dip to the valley. " Ride over them now," 

 He exclaims, with delight; as on Zingaro bold — 

 Who carries to-day the black, scarlet, and gold — • 

 He shows how his gallant young five-year-old will 

 Top the ledger again from old Shuckburgh Hill. 



Mount, Knights of the Ardeu !+ The fox is away ; 

 And the Pytchley must not boast your conquest to-day. 

 Ride, Squires of the Felden IX And straight be your course, 

 For the honour you go of the Vain of Red Horse ; 

 And its fair fame must never l)e tarnished until 

 Au earthquake has levelled old Shui-kburgh Hill. 



* Lord Willoughby de Broke, of Comptoii Yeriiey and Kiiietou House, master of 

 the Warwickshire hounds since 1876. 



t Ranger was by Sir Watkin Wyiin's Rubicon — Crafty, by Nestor. Entered 187?. 

 X The two ancient divisions of Warwickshire. 



