1896] BRILLIANT SPORT. 313 



and the two runs from Wiggington Heath (on Jannary .24th 

 and February 14th), with probably the same fox, within 

 three weeks of one another, the first time to ground close 

 to Weston House, and the second time to ground in 

 Swerford Park (tlie respective lines having diverged right 

 and left after passing Hooknorton), were as good as could 

 be wished for ; while an extraordinary day's sport was 

 shown on Friday, the 7th of February, when the first fox 

 was found at Page's (jorse, and, passing to Warmington, 

 was raced from thence up the Cherwell Valley, to ground 

 near Bourton, loifhin three or four miles of Banbury ; while 

 the second fox was found at (laydon Hill, and pursued 

 through Itchington Holt and Chesterton Wood, over 

 Bramsdown Hill, by Hogbrook, Highdown, and Tachbrook, 

 Scotch Fir Spinney, through the cemetery at Leamington, 

 over the Whitnash Brook, through Radford Hall Gardens, 

 nearly to Ufton Wood, and finally killed in the canal 

 between Ufton Wood and Off church. A real old-fashioned 

 day's sport, and after a good deal of trouble, and some 

 amateur diving on the part of Mr. Brown, a pupil of Mr. 

 Thornley, of Padford, who joined in, the Master was able 

 "to show a bit of fur." On the Tuesdays, on the Oxhill 

 and Wolford Wood and Weston side of the country, the 

 sport was good, though,, perhaps, not so out of the way ; 

 but we record Tuesday, December 17th, when they had 

 two runs — one from Oxhill, and killed, and another from 

 Idlicote Grove, and killed, all in the Vale — and Tuesday, 

 January 21st, from Weston House, as two excellent days. 

 They also ran twice from Wolford to beyond Spring Hill 

 Lodges, in the North Cotswold country, both of them 

 hunting runs. Altogether it was a marvellous season, and 

 even this very brief summary makes a capital finish to our 

 book. 



The j)i'6sent staff is James Cooper, first whip and 

 kennel huntsman ; Tom Wetherall, second whip ; Willie 

 Boore, third whip and second horseman ; J. Brooks, 

 master's second horseman ; feeder, Fred Battine ; stud- 

 groom, Mr. Ivens. 



