1881] SPLENDID RUN FEOM SHUCKBURGH. 63 



Railway aucl the caual near Wormleiglitou Reservoir. This stoijpecl the 

 horses, and when we got over we expected to find that the pack had eaten 

 their fox ; but not a bit, they were not in sight. I caught them at CLattor- 

 coto Reservoir ; here they turned short to the right, and went through 

 Mollington Wood, and across the Yale to Wariningtou Wood, where the pack 

 marked the fox to ground in the main earth ; twelve miles as the crow tlies 

 from wliere tliey found, and every hound there, but not every horse. Out of a 

 field of two hundred we numbered twenty at the finish, when all the stragglers 

 had come up. The second horses ne^'er found us, so we had to go home. 

 The time was about one hour and a half. One of the finest runs ever seen. 

 Rode Confidence. Orvis rode Beaconsfield. (See Map, p. 332, Vol. I., run 

 printed iu red ink.) 



From Sir C. Mordaunt's diary : 



March 3rd, Lower Shuchhunjh. — Yery cold day, with a very strong north- 

 east wind blowing, and freezing one degree all the time. I walked about for 

 as much time as there was to spare at the meet, after driving, to get warm. 

 Found at Shuckburgh Hill, and went away at once, and ran at first as if for 

 Catesby, and thence to the right of Priors Marston and Priors Hardwick, 

 straight to Boddingtou Hill. Up to this time eight miles straight was done 

 in forty minutes without a check. When close to Boddingtou Gorse the fox 

 jumped up iu view of the pack, and for some time they ran him nearly in 

 view. They next crossed the Great Western Railway and the canal, which 

 stopped those who were with them, all except Mr. Terburgh, who was for 

 some time alone with them. He crossed the canal by a bridge on the right of 

 where the hounds went over, but the remainder of us went round to a bridge 

 on the left of them ; when we caught them they were running as hard as 

 ever near Clattercote Reservoir. They then turned to the right, and ran 

 through Mollington Wood and over the Yale to ground at Warmington Wood. 

 Tlie distance, eleven miles as the crow fiies, was traversed in an hour and 

 twenty minutes, and the hounds were never out of a grass field. The master. 

 Mr. Yerburgh, Mr. Stirling Stewart, Mr. Caiue, Charles Orvis, Jack Boore, 

 C. Mordaimt, and two others were with the hounds during the run, and about 

 as many more out of a large field came up after the finish of a run such as is 

 only seen once during many years. As hounds ran the distance was sixteen 

 miles. Rode Blue Peter. 



A GrALLANT Rescue. 

 A letter from Gibraltar of March 5tli states : " We 

 very nearly had a fatal accident here yesterday (March 4th) 

 returning home from hunting. A young lady (Miss 

 Hippesley), who had partaken of the sport, wished to 

 return home. Mr. North, eldest son of the Hon. William 

 North, formerly of the 2nd Life Gruards, volunteered to 

 escort her. In attempting to cross a ford (she being in 

 advance), she unfortunately mistook it, and got into deep 

 water. She, however, managed to swim her horse over, 

 but on the landing side the bank was perpendicular, and 



