1884] THE GREAT RUN. Ill 



on to the end of the field, and got on a gate, and could see 

 them going away with only a very few with them, the 

 other side of Kingston Manor House, pointing south-east 

 again. Here my account must end. I have always 

 regretted to this day that I did not get out the black 

 horse directly I got home, as even then I might have got 

 in at the death, or if I had trotted gently on with old 

 Chance, who soon got his wind, I might have been there. 

 Colonel Paulet and Mr. Berkeley Lucy came into the 

 rectory, calling loudly for whiskies and sodas. We got 

 talking about the run, and the opportunity w^as lost for 

 ever.— W. R. Y. 



Lord Willoughby de Broke 's diary : 



February Mh, Welleshourne House. — Fouud at Comln-oke Rides, ran 

 througli Clark's Hill to the Lodge Farm, and back throuo-ji Brickyard 

 Coppice by Brouklianiptoii, the New Covert, throngh the Slinket, Ba^h Hill, 

 Eight Men's Marth, over the Fosse Road, and lost him at the New Covert. 

 Found at Pool Fields Osiers a brace of foxes, ran througli Pool Fields Grorse, 

 Chadshunt Coppice, to Itchiugton Holt; through that without dwelling at all, 

 and on towards Knightcote, turned to the right, and went by the corner of 

 Bawcutt's Covert, oyer the railway, left Marlborough on the right, and Old 

 Leys on the left, and pointed as if for Miller's Gorse ; turned back rather 

 short, and left Owlington on the right, crossed the Kinetou and Gaydon road 

 close to Kineton ; time up to this, one hour, with only one slight cheek. On 

 over Chadshunt Hill, and straight to Chesterton Wood, turned to the right in 

 Old Sitch Field, and went by Kingston over Christmas Hill Farm, left 

 Itchington Holt on the right, and [)ointed as if for Bawcutt's Covert again, 

 turned to the left when near it, and left Knightcote on the left, and went as 

 if for Fenny Compton. Turned to the left when past Watergall, over the 

 brook and Great "Western Railway, over the Southam Road, and ran into him 

 under Hoduell Hill, after two hours and twenty minutes. The distance quite 

 twenty-five miles as the hounds ran ; they hunted very close, and ran 

 remarkably stout and well. The master's horse injured himself at a fence, 

 burst an artery, and died. No one got to the end on one horse. Sir C. 

 Mordaunt, Mr. Green, Mr. Brand, the M.ister, and first whip alone saw the 

 kill. One of the very best runs ever seen. (See Map.) 



From Sir Charles Mordaunt's diary : 



On Monday, February 4th, the meet was at Wellesbourne House. The 

 hounds found the first fox at Coinlii-oke Rides, and ran round Compton 

 Verney and Walton, and back to the New Covert at a great pace for an hour. 

 During this time I remained in the roads, thinking that with such a scent as 

 there was my first horse, Brown Holland, would be of more use to me when 

 we should get into a better country, and I started with him quite fresh when 

 the hounds found again at Pool Fields Osiers. Two foxes wont away, and 

 the pack started close to the second, and ran at best pace through Chadslmnt 



