1895-96] ME. T. H. ASHTON. 311 



Mr. T. H. Ashton, the Master of the North Warwickshire 

 after Mr. Lort Phillips. Mr. Ashton, in a few seasons, by 

 successful breeding, brought up the standard of the North 

 Warwickshire hounds to such a pitch of imiorovemeut 

 that, though only a bitch pack, they were valued by 

 Lord Willoughby, and sold to the Hunt, at a very high 

 figure. 



Miss Davy, perhaps better known with the Pytchley, 

 was a very determined rider. She had not perhaps the 

 most graceful of seats, but she would be with hounds, and 

 few spring captains ever rode straighter over a stiff country 

 than she did for many seasons. 



A gentleman who was much given to tangle his tongue 

 in conversation, when asked to sing a song at a hunting 

 dinner, replied that he only knew two tunes, and those 

 were " Pop goes the Queen " and " God save the Weasel." 

 — C. M. 



SEASON 1895-96. 



We are sorry that we cannot give a full account of this 

 excellent season. We hope in fifty years' time, though 

 not many of us will live to see it, someone will take up 

 our task where we left it, and publish a third volume to 

 our book, beginning with this year. It was a season par 

 excellence. There was scarcely any frost, and although 

 foxes were fewer, on account of the mange, the survivors 

 ran free and far. 



Jack Boore had gone to the Cheshire, but Jem Cooper 

 hunted the hounds efficiently when Lord Willoughby was 

 laid up, as happened twice, once with a broken collar-bone, 

 and secondly from a bad throat. For the benefit of him 

 who we trust will publish another record in 1935, we will 

 mention that though we scarcely ever went out without 

 sport of some kind, yet a few days stand out in memory 

 at the top of the list, notably the brilliant gallop from 

 Oxhill to Kineton Grorse on Tuesday, November 12th, with 

 which we couple another excellent day on January 14th, 

 1896, when we ran tlie first fox from Brickiln Grorse, by 



