264 THE WARWICKSHIEE HUNT. '^1894 



but his lordship very cleverly got us all up to the east end, ao he broke at the 

 west, and we thought we might end with another good run. There seemed, 

 however, to be no smell about this customer, and, though he took the Vale 

 well towards Kineton, we never got on very fast, and at the Squire's farm — 

 Chadshimt— I left them (as my horse had done quite enough) making their 

 way back left-handed towards Bedlam. I heard afterwards that they ran 

 tliis bad fox into a stick heap on the Squire's farm. After half an hour 

 bolted him, he was chased by a collie, and got into the big double, where he 

 doubled back right through the hounds, but was finally caught and eaten, so 

 the huntsman, at any rate, went home happy. 



From Lord Willougliby de Broke's diary : 



January 30th, Weston House. — Found at Weston Heath, went away at 

 once, and ran ))y Little Wolford and over the brook as if for Todenham, but 

 turned to the left, along the second brook, and went through Lemingt-on 

 Coppice to Wolford Wood, through it without dwelling a moment, and out 

 on the Barton side ; turned to the right when near Barton Gi'ove, and left 

 Little Oompton on the left, and kept along the Yale, leaving Chastleton on 

 the right, nearly to Evenlode Village, where the fox saved his life by getting 

 to ground in a drain only fifteen yards before the pack, after a capital run 

 of forty-five minutes. Found again at Wolford Wood, ran again out to 

 Evenlode Main, and on nearly to where we ran the first fox to ground, and 

 took a loop there and ))ack through Evenlode Main, and on, leaving Moreton- 

 in-Marsh on the right, and up to the high ground above Donnington, where I 

 stopped them, as there were four foxes before us. Another capital run of 

 over an hour, with all the horses beat. 



Grreville Yerney wrote a capital account of this day's 

 sport for me, which appeared in the Fie/d. — W. E. V. 



This was the best day of the season, as both runs were 

 over grass and without a check. — C. M. 



From Sir C. Mordaunt's diary: 



February Gth. — Found in the afternoon on the hillside near Gulliver's 

 Osiers, and ran, leaving Shutford Village on the left, and both Tadmarton 

 Villages on the right, to Broughton Water Mill ; thence by Miller's Osiers 

 and through Claydon Hill, over the Banbuiy and Stratford Road, and to the 

 left, over the hill to Balscote Mill ; thence over the grass, leaving Shutford 

 Clump to the left, and Epwell Village to the left, and down the Tysoe and 

 Epwell Road nearly to Shennington Village, where the fox Avas killed in the 

 open, after a good run of an hour and fifteen minutes.* 



At the adjourned special meeting of subscribers to the 

 Warwickshire Hounds and owners of coverts, held at the 

 Warwick Arms on Wednesday, February 7th, 1894, the 



* " He has a skin like a wolf, my lord," said Jack Boore as lie dismembered this 

 gallant old fox, who had had his last game of romps with the Warwickshire Hounds, 

 Mr. Grreville Verney wrote a capital account of this run for " Rusticus Expectan-i" in 

 the Field. It deserves insertion, but our space is too limited, and we are unfortunately 

 obliged to omit a grpat many fair days' sport at this t'me. 



