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into Cliadsluiut hig field, whicli one of our uumbor left over a very high rail, 

 but the wise oues kept straight ou by the level in the corner. In the next 

 big field they hovered for a bit, as three cart colts crossed the line ; but the 

 master had them forward in a minute, and from there tliey ran very prettily 

 indeed up to the old windmill at the top of Pittern Hill, and past the Allot- 

 ments into the Brickyard Spinney, where another went away; but the knell 

 of our hunted fox was soon soimded. Thirty-two minutes, a nice point, and 

 a fair pace — a capital l)eginning to the season. An adjournment was made to 

 the Lodge Farm, where some very welcome refreshment was promptly 

 supplied by Mr. Hanbury, and then to Bishop's Gorse, Here there was 

 hardly any scent, and a bad, perhaps mangy cub would not leave. As time 

 was getting on, to save the rest of the day Lord Willoughby trotted ofB to 

 Itchingtou Holt, where a goodish fox weiit away at the bottom, but was 

 imfortunately headed. He went out at the north side, and they ran very 

 sweetly over the big grass fields, past the sandpits (which were, of course, 

 stopped), on by the Moors Coppice, leaving Harbiiry Heath on the right, 

 right up to Harljury Village. Here he turned to the right by the vicarage 

 gardens, and we lost him close to Greenhill Farm. We could not make out 

 if he went to ground, as scent failed so suddenly, and his lordship, in fact, 

 thought he saw his eyes in a sough under a gateway ; Init hounds did not 

 mark him, and he probably went up the fallow and then turned Ijack to the 

 right. Everyone went home very pleased with everything — the hounds, 

 themselves, and their horses. I never saw fewer falls, which shows that the 

 pace in both runs had not been excessive ; but a very pojjular heavy weight 

 had inaugurated the season and his new red coat with some very black mud 

 — a quotation from Jorrocks coming in very appropriately. 



I forgot to say that we very unfortunately chopped a fox in Gaydon 

 Spinney before we drew Bawcutt's, but it could not exactly be helped. It is 

 rather a difficult covert to help it, being so long and narrow that, if a fox 

 turns back, he is pretty sure to run up against some of the hounds. 



There was a very large and sporting field out. I will try to give some of 

 the names, as it is the opening day : Lord and Lady Willoughby of course, 

 Mr. Vemey, Capt. Allfrey, Lord North, Mr. Jenkins and the Misses Jenkins, 

 Major Armstrong (the popular lion, sec), Sir Charles and Lady Mordamit, 

 Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Follett, Mr. and Mrs. Tliursby-Pelham (who have taken 

 the Manor House), Col. and Mrs. Paulet, Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Williams, Mr. 

 James Charters, Mr. W. M. Low, Capt. and Mrs. Osborne, Mrs. Brand, Miss 

 Allfrey, Mr. Philip Allfrey, Mr. Fisher, Capt. Cowan, Mr. Basil Hanbury, 

 Capt. Crawley, Mrs. North, Mr. Knott, sen. and jmi., Mr. Fairl)rotlier, Mr. 

 Gardner, Mr. Reading, Mr. Johnson, Dr. Fenton, Mr. Prichard, Rev. H. 

 Knightley, Mr. Fairfax Lucy, Miss Lucy from Hampton Lucy, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Tree from Ashorue Hill, Capt. Hamilton from Southam, Messrs. Hulse, 

 Miss Cassel, Mr. Blair and Miss Blair, Mr. H. Ford, Capt. McCalmout, 

 Miss Knightley, &c. ; and on -wheels, Mrs. Cassel and a party from Compton 

 Verney, Mrs. Low and party, Mrs. Allfrey, Miss Cowan, Mrs. Fairfax Lucy 

 and Mrs. Lucy, Miss Mabel Yerney, &c. 



From Lord Willoughby de Broke's diary : 



First day's regular hunting at Kineton House, on October 31st. 

 November 29th, Wolford Village. — Found the second fox at Timms's 

 Coppice, ran to Mitfoind Bridge, where he turned short back, and then to the 



