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down the lull, leavino- Ilmin.i^-ton Rc-otovy to the right, and ;ktoss the Vale 

 for Newl)old. Near this pbiee the; pack threw up, after ruiuiiug one hour 

 Avithout a dieck. and as there were two foxes before us, and the liorses w-ere beat, 

 and it was getting dark. I did not persevere. Danger did a lot of good work 

 in Wolford^ Artifice did well in the second run ; he jumps the fences like a 

 horse, and runs at the head, and throws his tongue well. The huntsman laid 

 up with a feverish cold. Rode Bullfinch and Be Quick. 



Febmary 12th, Lower SJmcliburgh.— Bad foxes in the morning. Found 

 at Ladbroke. and ran toAvards Wormleighton, but turned to the left, and ran 

 a wide ring of one hour over a beautiful country by Napton, and as far as the 

 Southam and Daventry road, and back to the covert ; the first thirty minutes 

 without a check ; nearly all the horses beat, and one killed. Ran the fox 

 round the covtn-t till it got quite dark, and had to stop the pack ; did not get 

 home till after eight o'clock. Singwell did a lot of good work, and the whole 

 pack ran very well and stout. Rode Confidence and Banshee. 



February 20th, Snitterfielcl .—Three foxes in Snitterfield Bushes; got 

 away with a bad start with one. and lost near Luseombe Wood. Ran from 

 Hampton Wood, over the Coplow, and across the Stratford and Warwick 

 road as if for Grove Park ; turned to the right, and w^ent over the grass 

 meadows right up to the town of Warwick, turned to the right, and went into 

 Warwick Park, where he beat us. Very pretty forty minutes u]) to Warwick 

 Park. Rode Be Quick and Baldric. 



February 2b'/-(7, TheJsford.— Found at Fir Tree Hill, and away at once ; 

 ran as if for Oakley, Imt'sAVung round to the right, over the In-ook again, and 

 pointed for Bowsliot, leaving Moreton Wood on the right. Here the fox 

 was headed, and turned back to Moreton Wood, and the hounds threw up, 

 after a good twenty minutes. Got on the line again, and ran Avithout another 

 cheek through BoAvshot and Lightliorne Rough, and killed in Moreton Wood, 

 after one hour and ten minutes. Found at Gaydon Coppice, and ran by 

 Northend to Perry's Gorse, through Harbage's, by the Farnborough Pool 

 Head to Mollingtou Wood ; out at the bottom, and across the Vale to 

 Arlescote Wood, through that and White's Bushes, and right across the open 

 to Wroxtou Village, near Avhich we stopped the pack, as they had three lines, 

 and all the horses beat. Ten miles from point to point. The huntsman, 

 both the Avhips, the master. Lady Willoughby, Sir Charles Mordaunt, Mr. 

 Prichard, and Major Paulet, the only ones up at the end. Every hound 

 there. Rode Bounder and Confidence ; Lady Willoughby rode Belphegor. 



February 21th, Wroxton Villacje.—Fownd a bad one at Claydon Hill, and 

 killed him. Found at Chamberlain's, and ran as if Ave Avere going across to 

 Chalcombe, but turned to the left, and recrossed the road just by Bourton, 

 and ran along the meadoAVS hy the side of the brook nearly as far as Angel s 

 Piece, turned short to the left over the brook, and ran up to White's Bushes, 

 after a very pretty thirty-five minutes. Here the fox Avas headed back, and 

 the hounds got aAvay close to him, and killed him in the open just beloAV 

 HauAvell, after a good run of one hour and a quarter. Danger did a lot of 

 good work. Rode Confidence and Banshee ; Lady Willoughby rode 

 Belphegor. 



At the annual meetius" of subscribers to the hounds 

 and owners of coverts, held at Wellesbourne on March 3rd, 

 it was moved by Sir Charles Mordaunt, and seconded by 



