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and recrossed the road, and set his head for the Yale. Here Pastime made a 

 wonderfully good hit as ho turned out of the Banhury Road, and put us all 

 right. Ran on rather slowly as if for the Osier Bed at Frog Hall, where we 

 got a view, and ran into him in the open close to Marl]:)orough, after a good 

 hunting run of one hour and fifty minutes. 



Fehruary 20th, Ham Bridge. — Found the third fox at Itchiugton Holt, 

 and rau well to Bawcutt's Covert, and from there as if for the Burton Hills, 

 but kept along the Vale, pointing to Fenny Compton, between the road and 

 the railway. When about opposite Watergall, turned to the left, over the 

 Great Western Railway and the brook as if for Nunn's Bushes, but turned 

 to the right over Hodnell Hill, through Ladbroke Gorse, and nearly as far as 

 the Welsh Road Gorse. Here we came to a check, and, unfortunately, when 

 casting were liolloaed on to a fresh fox. Hunted him round Ijy Radbourne, 

 back into Ladbroke, and gave it up. Time, one hour, mostly at l)est pace. 



From Sir C. Mordaunt's diary : 



On Friday, March 3rd, which happened to be the anniversary of more 

 than one remarkable run with the Warwickshire hounds, the meet was at 

 Bitham House. There was not much sport in the morning, but in the after- 

 noon a fox was found at Page's Gorse. The hounds ran by Warmington, 

 and down the Yale to Knoll End very nicely, and at a slower pace along 

 Edge Hill as far as the Sun Rising. Here they evidently got close to the 

 fox, and began to run at a great pace. The majority of the field did not take 

 enough notice of this, and no doubt thought the fox was going to hang about 

 the hills, and very few got away witli the hounds. They sank the hill opposite 

 Lower Tysoe, and kept along the Vale until just beyond Upper Tysoe, when 

 they turned to the right, and ran at a tremendous pace, passing on the left of 

 Tysoe, over the Banbury Road and Herd Hill, leaving Pillerton Gorse to the 

 left, and through the New Covert straight to Moll's Grave without the least 

 check, aud nearly to Ettington Station. The distance from Page's Gorse is ten 

 miles straight, and as hounds ran they traversed fourteen miles in an hour and 

 twenty minutes, and nearly eight miles straight in fifty minutes from Edge Hill. 

 The Tysoe Bottom, which had to be jumped out of a heavy ploughed field, 

 stopped several of the field, and the master and five others only saw the finish, 

 of those who had ridden throughout this splendid nm ; namely, Captain 

 Osborne, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Jack Norris,* Count Reyntien, and C. 

 Mordaunt. This was quite the run of the season. Rode Forester. 



After the run, Count Reyntien, who had never been 

 out hunting before, called at what he described as the 

 King's Head Restaurant, at Wellesbourne, on his way 

 home, and he asked " the waiter " for " one bock of bier." 

 He repeated the dose at what he called the " Charlotte 

 Restaurant," a little pot-house in Ashorne kept by 

 " Charlotte Court." 



* Mr. Jack Norris had several falls, aiid his ; oung horse, which had carried him 

 first rate, was beat, so he slept out at Mr. Whitvvorth's. 1 he next morning Colonel 

 and Mrs. Norris arrived at Ghadslmnt, the latter very anxious alout her Jack, the 

 former atout the young horse. — ^W. 11. V. 



