14 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



The hounds came to Meriden, this season, on the 1 0th 

 of October, 



Monday, Oct. 13. — Met at Chehnsley Wood, and found 

 a fox as soon as the hounds were put into cover ; he was 

 very soon killed on the earth. Some of the hounds casting 

 forward while the others were eating the fox, they got on 

 the scent of another fox. They ran rings for an hour in 

 part of the cover, there being at least three foxes up at the 

 same time. At last we got away after one over the country 

 that had been too long gone, and by the scent dying away 

 he was lost. We came back to Chelmsley Wood and found 

 another fox immediately ; but the cover had been so much 

 stained, we could do nothing with him. We then drew Mr. 

 York's wood ; as soon as the hounds had entered the cover 

 they found a brace of foxes, and one went away directly. 

 The hounds kept with the other fox down the cover. I saw 

 five foxes cross the ride, one after another, in the same 

 direction. We ran rings, in and out of cover, for some 

 time, constantly changing foxes. We were relieved, at 

 length, by one of them taking over the country pointing for 

 Coleshill ; he then took an extensive ring over that })art of 

 the country, and ran into Park Hall woods, in which cover 

 the hounds, after viewing him several times, killed him. 

 This was a run of an hour and three quarters, as good 

 hunting, and as good a day's sport as possible, for the 

 young pack. 



Oct. 15. — Met at Daniel's Wood, and found a brace of 

 foxes at Bredbane Wood ; then run one to Daniel's Wood, 

 and very quick over the country to Birchley Hays, in which 

 cover the fox was killed, after a very severe burst of 35 

 minutes. The hounds carried a remarkably good head. — 

 As soon as we had killed the fox, another broke away from 



