1883] EUN FROM RUMSR HILL. 97 



advance? of any of its pnul^cossors. AuiDiig- those ])resoiit were Lieuteiiaiit 

 tho Hon. Rnport Lci^-h. Hon. Rowland Leigh, Lady Willougliliy, Sir C. 

 Mordannt, Sir R. Puleston, Mis,s Peach, Mr. and the Misses Chance, Mis.s 

 Verney, Miss Allfrey, Messrs. R. Milne, H. P. Jackson, Chamberlayne, of 

 Stoney Thorpe ; Rev. W. R. Verney, Rev. Y. K. Forteseue, Colonel Pardoe, 

 Colonel Ashtou, General Bloonifield, Messrs. Lea, of Thelsford ; G. Smith, 

 of Ailston ; Clifford Chambers, J. Rose, H. Ford, W. Fairbrothm-, Readijig, 

 Fenny Compton ; J. Griffin, Burton Dassett ; 0. Hills, Holland Corbett, 

 Admiugton ; Captain Godson, E. Hobson, F. Shaw, G. Turner, Kingsl"y, 

 Sampson Lloyd, R. Mann, J. W. Hassall, Missies Wade, and many 

 others. The intention was to have drawn Fir Tree Hill, but the absence of 

 Mr. Lucy from homo prevented this, and Lig-hthorne Rough Avas first visited, 

 Ijiit without finding Master Reynard at home. Bishop's Gorse was the 

 next draw, and her.\ after some delay, a fox stole out at the bottom, towards 

 Chadshunt, which covert he skirted, and, turning to the ^ft in the direeiion 

 of Gaydon, he touclu'd u})on the Southam turnpike, and so on, at a pretty fair 

 pace, to Itchington Holt, crossing the Banbury and Warwick turnpike. lu 

 making his way out of this favourite haunt, in the direction of Bisho})',s 

 Itchington, he was headed back, and the scent getting cold — it was only 

 indifferent the whole day — he was lost. The " beauties " were then ratth d 

 through Chadshunt Coppice, and drove a sly one out, wlio took a circuitous 

 route by Lighthorne and Verney's Gorse, back to the coppice, and out again 

 in the direction of Bishop's Gorse, but he managed to foil his pursuers ; and 

 with a very select field, and at a late hour, a move was made to the Osier beds, 

 in the direction of R-ulway. We were pleased to see so many foxes at 

 Itchington Holt, which is in the preserve of that keen sportsman, Mr. 

 Chamberlayne. A noticeable feature of the day was the large number of eni})t j 

 saddles, which might be accounted for by the blindness of the fences, bat, 

 fortunately, there were no accidents. 



Lord Willoiigliby cle Broke's diaiy : 



October SOth, Weston Sands. — Found at Riimer Hill, got away with a 

 brace of foxes, ran one hard for twenty minutes, and killed in a farmyard ; 

 the other went on. and was run to ground near Pe))worth Covert. Foimd at 

 Pebworth Spiimey, got away witli an old fox, and ran very fast to Clevo 

 Banks. The fox crossed the Avon, and held straight on for Wood Norton 

 in the Croome country, and was killed in one of the large woods there, afte.- 

 a very good run of one hour and a half. A nine-mile point. We went by 

 way of Havington, Salford, and Hipney Hill. It took us five hours and a 

 half to get back to the kennels. 



November 19th, Dorsitujton.^Fonnd at Gaily Oak, ran round it, and 

 towards Preston Bushes, but turned to the right, and ran right across the 

 Vale to Rumer Hill, turned back by Weston Sands, and ran to ground near 

 where we found, after a very pretty ring of one hour. 



November 21nd, Gaydon Inn. — Found at Bawcutt's Covert, ran up towards 

 Gaydon Coppice, but the fox was headed on the hill, and went towards 

 Itciiington Holt, through it, and away by Checkley's Brake to Chesterton 

 Wood ; away directly over Branv^down Hill straight for Oakley Wood, within 

 a few fields of which the fox was headed and crossed the road, and ran by 

 Tachbrook Village nearly to Whitnash. Here he lay down, and jumped up 

 in view of the pack, who ran into him just below Highdown, after a good run 

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