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in an old stone quarry in Wroxton Field, near to Lord 

 Guildford's, he would soon have been killed. 



The day's sport gave the greatest satisfaction to a most 

 numerous Field of good Sportsmen. 



Monday, December 1. — The Field, to-day, met at that 

 celebrated cover for wild stout foxes, Wolford Wood, and 

 immediately the hounds were put in, a brace of them were 

 afoot. After taking a ring in the cover, one of them went 

 away, pointing for Bourton-on-the-Hill ; being headed near 

 to that place, he ran back to the cover, but not into it ; he 

 then faced the whole of the open country, by leaving Barton 

 Grove on the right, and going forward near to the town 

 of Chipping Norton, within about three miles of which 

 place, from the scent dying away, he was lost. Barton 

 Grove, and the gorses near Wolford, were then drawn, 

 without success. Having found in the wood, the fox went 

 off immediately for Barton Grove, and through part of that 

 cover without a stop ; he then went, at a good pace, across 

 the open country for Long Compton Hill, and Wichford 

 Wood ; then through a part of that cover, and very near to 

 Weston House. The fox here was so much beat, that he 

 went back to Wichford, and was killed in the cover, very 

 near to Mr. Corbet's house. 



It was a remarkably quick run of about one hour and 20 

 minutes, over a very fine country. 



Dec. 8. — Oakley Wood was the meet this morning, and 

 we drew that cover without finding. Found, very soon 

 after, in a cover a short distance from it, when the fox ran 

 very quick to Lord Warwick's park ; after running him 

 an hour, he went to ground in the bank under the dairy. 

 On leaving the park, the hounds were taken to Chesterton, 

 and on drawing it, a fox was soon found in the wood ; he 



