MR. J. CORBET— 1795. 



than I meant to do.' Mr. Corbet, in the evening, threw 

 the head of this famous fox on the dinner table at the White 

 Lion Inn, Stratford, before the Gentlemen who assembled 

 there after the run. Mr. Corbet had the head preserved, 

 and hung up in a glass case, in the room called The Tempest, 

 where the Members of the Stratford Hunt Club dined. — 

 ACTION, jun. 1 



1 Mr. Corbet had the head of the fox that had aflforded this most 

 extraordinaiy run preserved and put into a glass-case in ' The Tempest 

 Room,' so named in honour of Shalvspeare, where the Members of the 

 Hunt Club then dined, and upon the frame was written the description 

 of the chase we have already given. The head of that noble animal 

 continued to grace the room for 45 successive years. Everj' Sportsman 

 who knew his history and achievements, contemplated his stern grim 

 visage with delight, and many, whose hearts never responded to the 

 gladsome Tallyho ! felt some pleasure in looking for a moment at the 

 gallant old fox of Wolford Heath. In 1834, the White Lion changed 

 proprietors ; and in the following year the tenant then in possession 

 left the house. This relique of sporting had kept its station under 

 every tenancy, and was considered as a sort of heirloom to the premises. 

 An old Sportsman, on entering the room on the day of sale, exclaimed, 

 ' Stole away !' The fine old fox of Wolford Heath was no where to be 

 found. Had this not been the case, his likeness here had superseded 

 tlie necessity of our making this apology. — venator. 



