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following- were present : Sir Charles Mordaunt, chairman, 

 Lord Nortli, Colonel Panlet, Hon. and He v. W. II. Verney, 

 Captain Allfrey, Captain Osborne, H. \i. Fairfax Lucy, H. 

 Fane Gladwin, Rev. H. Knightley, Captain McCalmont, 

 a. F. I). Fullerton, W. Bouch, A. Thursby, Basil Hanbury, 

 C. H. J]. Whitworth, A. M. Tree, C. Smith Uyland, 

 W. Shaw, J. W. Lea, W. Fairbrotlier, J. B. Johnson, 

 J. Canning, and Captain Armstrong, lion, secretary. 



The hon. secretary having stated that the sum of 

 672/. i5,v. had been promised as additional subscriptions for 

 the next season, the chairman. Sir Charles Mordaunt, wrote 

 to Lord Willoughby de Broke on behalf of the meeting, 

 stating that this sum will probably reach 700/., and trusts 

 that should the entire sum guaranteed amount to 3200/., 

 it would be sufficient to enable him to tide over the present 

 difficulty, and continue to hunt the Warwickshire country 

 for many years to come. 



From Lord Willoughby de Broke's diary : 



February 8th, Long Itchiiujton. — V(;ry lar^c^ fiold out, lots of ('jirria<>-(NH 

 aud foot people besides, so the fox found at Debdale was headed in all direc- 

 tions. Got away at last with tin* fox half beat, and ran towards Lc'aininjjftoii 

 Hastings, and turned to th(^ right, ])ointinu' to Southani, and then to tlie hd't 

 over tlie road, and tlirough Cah-ote Spinm^y, and killed on the t()wing-i)ath of 

 the canal by Sliuckburgli Village. Found ag-ain at the Welsh Road Gorse, 

 and got away with a good start, but the fox was h(;aded and chased by cur 

 dogs all over the place. When at last we settled down wo ran him at a 

 hunting pace, leaving Napton on the left and Priors Marstou on the left, and, 

 on leaving Griffin's Gorso on the loft, by Charwelton Osiers, and ran to ground 

 in a drain between there and Preston Capos. A good hunting run. 



This was a run of eight miles from point to point, over 

 a splendid country. 



r rode the Kev. Mr. Cope's pony Toby, late Curate, 

 in both these runs. When giving his lordship a lead near 

 Broadwell, I tore the sole of my boot off, but borrowed a 

 shoe from the Rev. A. Irwin, at Napton, and got down in 

 time to the Welsh Jioad. This was the best pony I evei- 

 had, or ever saw. I borrowed him one day at a clerical 

 meeting, and rode him all the winter. He had never been 

 over a fence till he was nine years old, but he soon leiirned 

 tojuni]) any fence in Warwickshire, with 13st on his back. 



