72 THE WARWICKSHIEE HUNT. [1881 



date of the transfer of the coverts pretty accurately. We 

 have heard that it arose in this wise : A friend of ours has 

 told us that a man named Catebread, an old man living at 

 Ciilworth, who used to run with the hounds, recollects the 

 morning when Mr. Drake's hounds were advertised to 

 meet at Shuckburgh, but they never came. Sir Stukeley 

 Shuckburgh, then in possession of the estates, disappointed 

 at their not coming, was so angry, that he swore Mr. Drake's 

 hounds should never draw his coverts again, and the next 

 time Mr. Drake came he found the gates locked. 



We believe one reason of old Mr. Drake's (and when we 

 say old Mr. Drake, we mean the father of our Squii-e Drake) 

 giving up Shuckburgh was the immense distance it was 

 from his kennels. 



Noveniher 8th, Whatcote. — Found two foxes in Houington Grove, 

 chopxjed one, and got away on bad terms with the other, and ran him round 

 hj Houington and into Hell Brake, where we got on terms with him, and ran 

 him to gi-oimd near Kirby. Found again at Oxhill Gorse, and ran at a great 

 pace towards Etting-ton, but turned to the right, and went by Pillerton Gorse, 

 a turn right round Oxliill Village, through Pillerton Gorse again, and out as 

 if for Coml)roke ; but turned short back, and went over the Oxhill brook, and 

 by Houington, and ran into the fox in the middle of a large grass field. 

 Ideating all the horses by a quarter of an hour. Nothing left of the 

 fox but his head when we got up. Time, one hour and a half, without 

 a single check or hesitation. Rode the Brigand and Bessemer. A very 

 good scent. 



November 10th, TJfton Wood. — Found at Debdale, and after a turn round 

 the covert the hounds settled down to their fox, and raced him as hard as 

 they could go into the earths in Lester's Piece in the North "Warwickshire 

 country. Found again at Ladbroke, got away towards Nuun's Bushes, but 

 turned short back and went over Ladbroke Hill, and up to Napton ; but the 

 fox turned from the canal, and crossed the Southam Road as if for Calcote 

 Spinney. He was headed, and recrossed the road, and went for Ladbroke. 

 At the Gorse near the Welsh Road hounds threw up, and we never crossed 

 his line again. A very good thirty-five minutes. Rode Beaconsfield and 

 Banshee. 



Novemher \Uh, Gayclon Inn. — Drew Nunn's Bushes blank. Found at 

 Watergall, ran towards Ladbroke, did not go into the covert, but turned to 

 the right as if for Priors Marston, but after a ring the fox entered the 

 covert after a good twenty-eight minutes. He went out the other side, took 

 a short turn rouiul, and went in again to ground. Found again at Bawcutt's 

 Covert, ran towards Knightcote Tillage, but swung to the left towards 

 Bishop's Itchington, kept turning to the left, and went through Itchington 

 Holt, and left Yerney's Gorse on the left, and i-an into him in the open just 

 above Lightliorne Village. A very pretty forty minutes. Rode Brigand and 

 Banshee. 



