222 THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1892 



road, and hoiuids hovered for half a minute, Init Lord Willoughby liad them 

 forward, and a holloa to the right on the Allotments showed he was only just 

 before vis. Here horses began to blow and fall from the pace; and we passed 

 a couple prone upon the ground, but were thankful to hear that they both 

 rose again. Up the hill by the gorse bushes, where the Bicester find 

 sometimes, to the long spinney on the hill above Hardwick ; here the plough 

 brought the first real check, ])ut again a forwai'd cast hit it off, and we ran 

 down tlie hill as if for Wormleiglitou, l)ut marked to ground under the road. 

 Thirty-five minutes to the top of Priors Hardwick Hill ; about six miles as 

 liouuds ran, with a good point, and everyone very pleased. We were only 

 son-y that more of those who favoured us in the morning could not stop to 

 see the Warwickshire pack doing full justice to the very best of their country, 

 and that a few of the young gentlemen so full of " gallop and jump " did not 

 keep out, instead of going home to their tea and cigarettes. A nasty sprain, 

 which made every fence a torture instead of a joy, kept mo in a back seat, 

 but I rejoice to understand from hearsay that the front rank comprised the 

 names of the regular followers of our Himt, who always will l)e there or 

 thereabouts when hounds run, viz., Mr. Cassel, Mr. Cookson, Major Little, 

 Mr. Follett, &c. ; though I have every reason to believe that several of our 

 visitors, Mr. Gi'aham, Mr. Schwabe, &c., were not far off ; and we were glad 

 to show Lord Richard Nevill such a good run, as it was, I believe, his first 

 day with the Warwickshire. 



Lord Willoughby cle Broke 's diary : 



January 28th, Lower Shuchhurgh. — Found the third fox at tlie Welsh Road 

 Gorse, ran by Radbourn, up the liill, and on towards Priors Marston, but 

 turned to the right, and, leaving Priors Hardwick on the right, ran up to 

 Boddington Hill, and to ground in a drain under the road after a first class 

 thirty-five minutes. 



February 5th, Wroxtoti Abbey. — Found in the gardens, got away at once 

 over the brook and up the hill, and crossed the high road between the Barley 

 Mow and Banbury ; kept on at a great pace along the brook side, past 

 Chamlierlayne's Gorse and Hanwell Spinney. When al)out level with Angers 

 Piece the fox turned to tlie left, and the hounds ran into him in a large grass 

 field going on towards Page's Gorse, after a brilliant twenty-five minutes. 

 Not much sport during the rest of the day. 



February 9th, Weston House. — Found the second fox at Greenhill Gorse, 

 ran towards Brailes, but turned to the right, and ran on over the Traitor's 

 Ford, Green Lane, nearly to Sibford ; turned to the left up the grass vale, and 

 ran at a great pace nearly to Winderton, but turned up hill, and went through 

 Epwell Warren, and nearly to the Dingle ; thence to the right, and nearly to 

 Shutford Clump, swimg to the right, and pointed for Swalcliffe, but kept 

 SAvinging right-handed, and ran through Sibford Heath, and do^vii to 

 Winderton again. Here a fresh fox jumped up, and I stopped the hounds 

 at a check just above Winderton, after a capital run of one hour and a half. 



Were stopped from February 15th to the 22nd by hard frost and snow. 



February 25th, Compton Verncy. — Found at Bishop's Gorse, got away at 

 once, ran very hard through Hit or Miss Coppice, and through Itchington 

 Holt, and away to Bawcutt's Covert ; left that just on the left, and ran l)y 

 Burton Old Toll Bar towards Arlescote ; swung to the right when nearly 

 there, and ran on to Knoll End, and over the road just by Radway the hounds 



