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and the course was chosen by Lord Willoughby, starting 

 near the New Cottages, on what was Harbage's Farm, and 

 taking a circle round OwUngton and Frog Hall, went on 

 along the E. and W. Junction Eailway, and the finish was 

 in the field next the Eailway Bridge on the Banbury Eoad. 

 It was won for Cambridge by Lord Lovat, the Duke of 

 Marlborough being second for Oxford. It was rather a 

 severe course, but we are informed that tlie undergraduates 

 rode exceedingly well. 



March 22/((?, Gaydon Inn. — Found at Watergall, ran over both railways, 

 and through Burton New Covert, and along the hills as far as Knibb's 

 Bushes, where we turned short to the right, and went by Bithani House, and 

 down into the Vale, as if for Edge Hills ; but swung right-handed, went by 

 Burton Hill Farm and Marlborough, left Bawcutt's Covert on the right, and 

 ran straight to Bishops Itchington Village, where we eaine to a long clieck 

 on the ploughs, and could never do much more good, though wo hit it off, and 

 pointed slowly back to Watergall, l)ut I would not go on for fear of killing a 

 vixen there. Time up to the check, one hour very good. 



From Sir C. Mordaunt's diary : 



Thursday, March 22nd. — A very fine run from Watcrg-all. Crossing the 

 brook at once, the lioimds ran Avithout a check to the Burton Hills, and over 

 these to Avon Dassett, thence down the valley to a point on Mr. Gardner's 

 farm near Marlborough, wliere they turned to the right, and ran over the 

 East and West Junction Railway, straight to Bishops Itcliington, and the 

 fox ran some distance to the right along the Great Western Railway, and no 

 doubt back into Watergall, where he might have been killed, but he was 

 spared as there was a vixen in the covert. Lord Lonsdale, the master of the 

 Quorn, and Tom Firr, his huntsman, Avere out, and had a good opportunity of 

 seeing a fine perfornmnce of tlie Warwicksliire hounds. Lord Lonsdale jumped 

 l)oth gates in and out of the East and West Junction Railway, a feat we had 

 not up to that time seen perfornu'd. The run was at a good pace for an liour, 

 up to the check at Bisliops Itchington. Near the village. Lady Mordaunt 

 got a very bad fall. It shoidd be mentioned that on the way from the meet 

 to the covert, someone remarked : " His lordship is going to draw liis 

 favourite Waterfall." 



When lately staying in Leicestershire, I went to see 

 the place, where Count Zborowski, during a run with the 

 Quorn hounds, jumped both the gates in and out of the 

 Great Northern Eailway, within two fields of Lord 

 Morton's Gorse. I measured the gates, which were six- 

 barred, and each five feet high. The Count's horse hit the 

 second gate with all four legs, but he got over without a 

 fall. Mr. Markham got over the first gate, but did not 



