1886] LOED AND LADY CLARENDON. 139 



ran at a great pace Ity Upper Pillertoii aud Brickkiln Gorse, nearly to Waltou 

 Wood, turned to the riglit, and ran a ring l)y Pillerton, and back to Oxhouse 

 Farm, to ground. 



Were stopped l)y fi-ost on February 8tli and 9tli. 



February lOtIt, Lower Sliuekbiinjli. — Fine cold day and a good scent. 

 Found at Oalcote Spinney, got away close to the fox, ran towards Shuckburgh 

 Village, turned short back, and ran, leaving Calcote on the left, towards 

 Grandborough ; turned left-handed, and ran towards Southaux, bore away to 

 the right again and ran to Debdale, and killed the fox just as he got inside 

 the covert, after a first-class forty-five minutes without a check. Found 

 again at Shucklnirgh Hill, got away with a bad start of the pack, who got 

 away close to the fox, aud ran him at a rare pace nearly up to Helidon ; turned 

 to the right, and W(nit by the top of Priors Marston and aci-oss the Vale to 

 Lower Boddiiigton, and killed him in a patch of goi-se on the top of 

 Boddiugton after a splendid run of an hour. An eight-mile point. Altogether 

 a fine day's sport. (See Map, p. 332, Vol. I., runs printed in oi'ange ink.) 



On this day Lord Clarendon got into the brook during 

 the first run, and the kite Lady Okirendon, who went well, 

 was only saved from a bad fall at the same place by the 

 cleverness of her horse.* 



This was a remarkal)le day's s])ort, only spoiled by 

 the misfortune which prevented our getting- away with the 

 hounds from Shuckburgh Hill in the second run. If I 

 remember right, hounds divided. The second whip went 

 on with the leading hounds, which ran clean away from 

 him. Jack Boore was sent back to bring the rest of the 

 pack on from Shuckburgh, and of course saw no more, 

 though, faitiiful to his trust, he overtook his master on 

 the way home, near Wormleighton. The head was then 

 hanging to my saddle, where it remained till I was close 

 to Lighthorne, when I discovered it was gone. I had 

 shown it to the two second horsemen at Claydon Inn, 

 with Pigg's words : " Ar's getten his head i' my 

 pocket ; " so I determined to go back for it. The mare, 



* One day Lord and Lady Clarendon came to stay at Compton Verney to hunt. 

 The men got drunk at Gaydon Inn and fell off, and the iive horses got loose, and were 

 brought to Comptou one by one. They kept arriving all the evening, which caused a 

 good deal of amusement. Mr, John Laut, the brother of the well-known master of the 

 North Warwickshire, tells me a good story of Mr. Eichard Laut and a foolish groom. 

 The master sent the man with a message which required haste. As no answer came 

 back in an hour, Mr. Lant went into the stable, where he found the man mounted, with 



his horse tied up to a ring. " Where the have you been all this time ? " " I'm 



afraid I've been a long time, sir; but I can't get this bloomin' 'orse to move,"— 

 W. R. V. 



