266 THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1894 



that any horse could clear. He could trot twelve miles an 

 hour in harness, and understood every word you said to 

 him, and could almost speak himself. I sold him in March 

 for 40/. to Mr. Wallis AVilson, of Leamington, and ought 

 to have had 140/. for him.— W. E. V. 



February 15th, Lower Slmckburgh. — Found at the Hill, where homids 

 divided. Part turuod back to the House ; seveu couples got away with a fox 

 at the far end, and ran at a great pace, leaving Dane Knoll on the left, as if 

 for Holidon, and kept on straight over the valley IjetAveen there and Shuck- 

 l)urgh, and ran to ground in a drain near Priors Marston, after a very good 

 thirty minutes. Found again at Ufton Wood, and ran hard in it for an hour, 

 then got away at the bottom, and ran hard down to the canal, then over the 

 Fosse Road and up the hill nearly to Radbourne ; thence turned very sharp 

 left-handed, and sunk the hill and crossed the Fosse Road, and recrossed it 

 close to the railway, over it, and killed in the open just beyond, after twenty- 

 seven minutes in the open, without a check. A good scenting day. 



Stopped l)y frost on 20th, 22nd, and 23rd. 



February 24th, The Kennels. — Found at Oxhill Covert, ran very fast 

 throiigh Hell Brake and on as if for Brailes, and l)y the Blackthorn Covert 

 towards Honington, but turned up by Idlicote House, through Hell Brake 

 again, and away as if for Comptou Wyuiates, but turned to the left, and we 

 lost near Oxhill. Heard of a fox going towards Spencer's Gorse, and he 

 waited for us there. Ran him with a moderate scent by Compton Wyuiates 

 House, and on through the Dingle as far as Sugarswell Fann, across the 

 Sugarswell Lane, and sunk the hill just above Tysoe. The moment the 

 hounds sunk the hill the pace improved, and they rattled along A'ery pretty, 

 at first parallel with the hills, but turned to the left and crossed the Tysoe 

 and Kiueton Road, and went close by Oxhill Villa and round Oxhill Yillage, 

 through the covert, and away over Kirby Field as if for Comptou Wyuiates 

 again, but the fox could not get there, and was killed in the open just before 

 reacliing the Tysoe Road, after a good run of two hours. 



Murcli 9t]i. — Ran a very fast ring of forty minutes from Ladbroke Gorse, 

 and killed in the open near the Welsh Road Gorse. 



At the annual meeting of subscribers to the Warwick- 

 shire Hounds and owners of coverts, held at the Warwick 

 Arms on March 21st, a cordial vote of thanks was voted 

 to Lord Willoughby de Broke for the handsome manner 

 in which he had hunted the country during the past 

 season, and for the sport he had shown. 



Lord Willoughby agreed to hunt the country as usual 

 during the ensuing season, 3300/. being guaranteed him 

 for that purpose. 



At the end of the season a point-to-point race between 

 the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge was arranged. 



