214 THE WARWICKSHIEE HUNT. 



ou a stale Hue of a fox, and lost him near Lester's Piece. Found at Ufton 

 Wood, and ran, leaving Print Hill on tlie left, over the river and straight on 

 nearly to Martou, turned to the left there over the river, and on past Eathorpe, 

 recrossed the river, and ran into a hare saving sough on a coursing estate 

 just ])eyond. Bolted and killed after a good fifty minutes. 



February 12.th, Welford May Po?e.— Found at Mickleton Wood, but had 

 no sport. Found again at Blackwell Bushes, ran very fast towards 

 Darlingscott, and on ijarallel with the Fosse Road nearly to Stretton ; turned 

 first to the right, and then to the left again, and passed half-way between 

 Stretton and Blakemore, down the hill, over the brook, and up the other hill ; 

 turned over the Fosse Road, and down to Todenham Station on the tramway ; 

 turned as if for Aston Hales, but swung left-handed again, and left Dunsden 

 just on the left, and on into Wolford Wood, where I stopped the hounds, after 

 a capital fifty minutes, with only one check. 



February 17th, IdUcote. — Foimd at the Gorse Covert, ran a ring as if for 

 Brailes, but turned back into Hell Brake, and away again to the left along 

 the Vale, and kejit on for Kirby ; bore to the right near there, and went up by 

 Comptou Wyuiates, and on to Epwell Warren, where there was a check, and 

 the fox ran the road. Clasper, however, puzzled it out, and when we got past 

 Epwell village they began to run again. Ou they went over Slmtford Clump, 

 where, no doul)t, the fox tried the earths, and left Shutford on the right. 

 Here we A'iewed the fox for the first time travelling steadily along about half 

 ft mile ahead. We ran ou, leaving Claydou Hill to the left, by Broughton 

 Castle and on towards Banbury, but the fox began to tire, and the pack, getting 

 a view of him, rolled him over in the open between Ci'ouch Hill and Banbury, 

 twelve miles as tlie crow flies from where they found him. Time, two hours. 

 Found again at the Keeper's Covert at Wroxton, ran a regular cracker by 

 Withycombe, Broughton Castle, the Highlands, and Bloxham Gorse, to ground 

 near the Bodicote Brook, after thirty minutes racing without a check. A 

 very good scenting day. 



March 16th, Coughton Park. — Found at the park, ran across to Hanging 

 Well, and on as if for Rough Hill, Ijut turned to tlie right when aljout lialf- 

 way there, and crossed the Ridgeway, and set his head for Worcestei-shiro, by 

 Feckenham, tlirough Round Hill, just left Grivfton Wood on his right, and 

 on to the Rabbit Wood near Salden, where he was killed after a capital run 

 of ten miles from point to point in one hour and a half. The Worcestershire 

 were just coming to draw the covert we killed him in. 



The Alcester needle-makers talk about hunting in the 

 Public, at Alcester. One says he does not hunt with Lord 

 Willoughbj now, although he used to. "I holloaed a fox 

 once, mate, and was told to hold my tongue. Half an hour 

 afterwards another fox goes away ; I says nothing. Up comes 

 his lordship : ' Have you seen him ? ' ' Yes, my lord.' ' Then 

 why in the world don't you holloa ? ' I don't hunt with 

 Lord Willoughby now. I hunts with the Worcestershire." 



Last day of the season on A^jril 20th, at Lighthome Rough. 

 Hunted on 100 days. Killed eighty-three foxes, and ran thirty-one to 

 ground. 



