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istuck to liiui. Mild ran into liiiu in tlic open, just under Won nl('i,t;-lit()u Villayv, 

 in the Bicest(M' eonutiy, after a cdiukiu.s^- run of one? hour and ton minutes. 

 Fine, cohl day, and a good scent. I notiecnl Romeo doin,ij- a lot of good work. 

 Rode Bounder and Bona. 



March IGfh. We.-iton House.— Found at Wolford Heatl), ran several times 

 round the heath, away at last, and hunted at a slow pace as far as Wolford 

 Wood, hit on the line outside, and hvmted it at a still slower pace almost as 

 far as Evenlode M:iins. Here a lucky holloa put us on good terms, and we 

 ran hard for one hour, going as if for Adlestrop Hill ; but the fox was headed, 

 and crossed the Vale, going right tlirough Broadwell Village, and was run 

 into in the open close to Stow-on-the-Wold, in the middle of the Heythrop 

 country, twenty-three miles from the kennel, and ten as the crow flies from 

 where we found him. A fin(> day, with hot sun and a cold wand. Ready 

 and Rosamond made two very good hits. Rode Confidence and Bullfinch ; 

 Lady Willoughby rode Gi'cy Devil.* 



March 22iifZ, Shutford.— Found at Wiggington Heath, and ran a ring to 

 ground. Found at the Sand Pit close to Wiggington. ran liy Newington 

 Osiers and by Swerford to Great Tew. Here we clashed wdtli the Heythrop 

 hounds. The packs joined, and we Imnted the line as far as Enstone, twenty 

 nules from homi'. Rode the new four-year-old (by Ripponden) and Bona. 



Killed sixty-two foxes, and ran thirty-two to ground. Hunted ninety- 

 seven days. Were stopped by frost from November 28th to Decemlier 16th ; 

 from December 16th to 22nd ; from December 22nd to the 2!;»th ; from 

 January 17th to February 5th. Stopped by dry weather from March 25th to 

 April 2nd. No blank days, and foxes more plentiful than last season. The 

 lai-ge entry did very well. On the whole, a very good season's sport. All 

 the hunt servants laid up in turns ; first wdiip with jaundice, second whip 

 with a fall, and the huntsman tw^o days with influenza— the first time he had 

 missed a day from illness since he has been in the country, some twelve 

 seasons. 



Uiirmg the seasons between 1S75 and 181)0, tlie 

 following were amongst noted riders witli the Warwick- 

 shire : Captain Benyon, of Neithrop House, late of the 

 1.2th Lancers ; Captain AUfrey, of Hemingford ; Mr. C. B. 

 H. Whitworth, of Chadshunt ; Mr. E. A. Yerburgh, M.P. ; 

 Mr. W. Bouch, of Ashorne ; Mr. Grazebrook, of Goldicote ; 

 Mr. E. T. (lodman, Mr. Basil Hanbury, Captain Osborne, 

 Captain Beatty, Mr. J. P. Arkwright, of Hatton ; Mr. J. 

 F. Gaskell, Captain Kiddell, Mr. George Norris, Mr. W. 

 Charters and Mr. J. Charters, of Ladbroke ; Captain 

 Pennell Ehnhirst ; Mr. F. Shaw, Dr. Rice, of Southani ; 

 Mr. H. T. Caine, Mr. F. Wedge, of Stretton-on-Dunsmoor ; 



* See March lltli, " Belphegor." He was a very fast horse, and had run in a lot 

 of races. He carried Lady Willoughby splendidly for several seasons, but he hated a 

 man on him. I have seen him stop and kick, with Lord Willoughby, in the middle of 

 afield.— W. E. V. 



