98 THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1883 



of an hour. An eio-ht-niile point. Found at Fletdier's Coppice, ran a ring 

 by Cliadsliunt, Pool Fields, Bishop's Gorse to Itcliingtun Holt, and ran in the 

 covert till it was quite dark. 



November 24<th, Bagley Hall. — Found at Lady Wood. After a lot of 

 dodofing about got a beaten fox on the roof of the stables at the Hall. He 

 suddenly disajipearod, and we had to leave him. When the man went to wind 

 up the stable clock at 3.30 he found him in the works. 



The present Lord Hertford relates in a letter that one 

 hound appeared on the roof of the stables, and jumped down 

 without being hurt into the yard, and that when the odd 

 man went up to wind up the clock (it being Saturday), the 

 fox, or as he thought the devil, jumped out of the works in 

 his face. The fox had gone along the roof and crept 

 through a sort of Venetian shutter into the clock cupboard, 

 but could not get out again, so had this happened on 

 Monday he would have had to stop till Saturday. 



November 29th, Lower Shiickburgh. — Found at the hill, ran towards Priors 

 Marston, biit turned to the right for Napton, over the canal bridge, and by the 

 Welsh Road Gorse to Ladbroke. Charley Lowman got on, and holloaed the 

 fox out of the gorse, and we ran him as if for Marston Doles, but he turned 

 short to the left, and ran back to Ladl)roke Hill, Avhere he was headed, and 

 turned to the right, and ran across to Napton, in which village he was lost, 

 after a good hunting run of one hour and a quarter. Found at the hill again, 

 and got away on bad terms with the fox, and hunted him a good line, over the 

 canal In-idge, under Napton, and nearly to the Southam Road. Here we got a 

 holloa from some gentlemen going home, who had seen the fox cross the Welsh 

 Road, and we got closer to him ; they ran him very pretty for about twenty 

 minutes back to Ladbroke, and round it for some time. At last, when quite 

 dark, the fox slipped away without our seeing him. 



December 14th, The Higlilands, Tadmarton.—Fonud the third fox at the 

 Keeper's Covert at Wroxton, and ran nearly to Neithrop, turned to the right, 

 and went straight to Harman's Gorse, over the Wykhani Brook. Lord 

 Chesham jumped it from bank to bank,* and the master rode in and out, the 

 only two who reached the other side. The pack ran on leaving Harman's 

 Goi'se on the right, d(jwn to Bloxham, and thence l)ack along the bottom of 

 Wykliam Park to Boilicote, where he got to ground in a drain, after one 

 hour and ten minutes. 



December 21st, BitJiam House. — Found at Perry's Covert, got away, and 

 sunk the Vale as if for Bawcutt's, tui-ned to the left by Marlltorongh and Old 

 Leys, and straight on for Knowle End ; on Hearing the latter he turned short 

 to the left, and ran along the Vale nearly to Mollington Wood, but turned to 

 the right and went to Page's Gorse ; time up to this, nearly two hours. At 



* This was an extraordinary jump, as the Wykham Brook at this place contains 

 more than twenty feet of water. The Hon. Mabel Verney had 'a shy at it, but Ler 

 horse swerved, and did not jump far enouah. We believe Lord Camiierdo.vn jumped 

 it once. 



