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Warwicksliii-e, and had always a good horse, more particu- 

 larly a bay and a chesnut, in his stables, which lie rode 

 well in front. 



The late Mr. H. T. Caine hunted from Leamington, 

 and rode very hard. We remember once seeing him in the 

 Watergall Brook, and a lady jumped clean over him, horse 

 and all. 



Mr. Frederick Shaw also hunted from Leamington, 

 and was a nice rider. He went very well in the first hour 

 of the great run from Poolfield Osiers. 



Major Chambers, R.H.A., was another keen Leaming- 

 tonian. He now resides in Yorkshire, and hunts regularly 

 with the York and A in sty. 



Mr. John Hetherington ("Jack ") had a good apprentice- 

 ship in the Eoothings of Essex, which was not thrown away 

 when his father took the historic mansion of Edstone Hall, 

 where Somerville, the poet, resided. He was never far off 

 when hounds ran, and has one advantage for a very forward 

 rider, which he shared with the late Captain Middleton. 

 He is very deaf. 



At this time it was found that a badger had got into 

 an artificial fox earth at Round Hill, at Walton, and, 

 although the foxes continued to use it as usual, they would 

 not breed there any more as long as the badger remained. 

 Mr. Shirley, of Ettington, having looked at the earth, said 

 that he could get him out with his terriers without having 

 to dig very far. If the badger had been in an ordinary fox 

 earth, he would, when disturbed, have gone on scratching 

 into it to a great depth. On another occasion, it took two 

 keepers four days to dig one out of the main earth at Friz 

 Hill. The artificial earth had been lined with bricks in 

 order to keep it dry and render it easy to clean out. The 

 badger, therefore, had made a great mistake when he made 

 his home there. Mr. Shirley had brought with him three 

 teiTiers of different sizes, and had two openings made into 

 the earth at intervals. He put the smallest of the dogs in 

 first, and the badger, when first disturbed, no doubt moved 

 to the farthest end of the earth, where he could face him 



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