100 THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1884 



December 26th, Honington. — Dvew tlie Honingtou Coverts, the Idlicote 

 Covei'ts, Eating-tou Grove, Rougli Hill and Kuaveuhill ; all blank. A blank 

 day. 



December 28th, The Kennels. — Found at Kineton Oaks, and went away at 

 once at a great pace over Herd Hill. Leaving Pillerton Old Covert to the left, 

 and Lower Pillerton to the left, over the brook by the Foss Farm, by Walton 

 House, throug-h Smatchley Brake to Wellesbourne Wood. A capital forty 

 minutes without a check. At Wellesbourne Wood tliere were several foxes, 

 and we lost near Thornton Wood. Found a fox in the Oak Tree in the 

 Rough, and ran him by Meadow Lane to Chesterton, by Ewefield, and lost 

 near Kingston. 



January 10th, Compton Verney. — Found at Lighthorne Rough, and ran 

 well In' Lighthorne Fishpool, through Chesterton Wood, out across Old Sitch 

 Field, and l)y Yerney's Gorse to Gaydon Gorse. where the fox turned short 

 back, and was lost near the Red House. Found at Watergall. ran towards 

 Wormleighton, but turned to the left, and went by Hodnell Hill, through 

 Nunn's Bushes, Ladbroke Village and Ladbroke Gorse, away as if for 

 Shuckbnrgh, and killed the fox just over the Welsh Road after a very good 

 thirty minutes. 



January 15th, WoJford Village. — Found at Wolford Wood, got away at 

 once, and ran a ring by Barton and back to tlie wood ; out again directly, and 

 ran fast as if for Weston, l)ut turned to the right, and ran a very pretty ring 

 by Barton Grove back to the wood. Again away, and ran very well along the 

 grass to Long Compton, through Long Compton Wood, and away by Roll- 

 wright Coombes, over the hill, and nearly to Salford Osiers in the Heythrop 

 country ; turned back from the mill, and went by the top of Barton Grove, 

 by the Four-sliire Stone into the wood again ; out again, after a turn round 

 it, and the pack marked the fox to ground near the Four-shire Stone, the 

 horses being all beat. We were running hard for four hours with very few 

 checks. A very hard day for hounds and horses. Sir Charles Mordaunt's 

 horse fell under him, and could not be got on his legs for nearly an 

 hour 



Towards the end of tlie rim, when it was gettmg late, no 

 one remained with the hounds except the master, the Eev. 

 W. E. and Mrs. Yerney, and Jack Boore, who were in the 

 next field to them, and the Rev. C. P. Causton, of Stretton- 

 on-Fosse, and myself, who w^re in the same held. My 

 grey horse, Forester, who was a very good stayer, did not 

 feel sufficiently tired at the time to give cause for what 

 happened, hut he appeared to have a sort of seizure, and 

 suddenly fell through the outside hranches of a fallen 

 elm tree on to me. I called out to Mr. Causton, who 

 was some distance off, the field heing a large one, 

 and he with great difficulty pulled the horse's head and 

 neck sufficientl}^ up to enable me to get from under him, 

 as he was quite inanimate, and remained so for nearly 



