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the fox ran through Frizhill to Lighthorne Rough, with a 

 good scent, ill which cover he earthed, after running him 

 30 minutes. On drawing the wood at Moreton, afterwards, 

 we found a brace of foxes ; the hounds divided, one part of 

 them went for Walton, and the other for Lighthorne. The 

 whipper-in stopped the hounds going for Walton, and 

 joined the others at Frizhill. The fox, after running some 

 extensive rings, went first to Walton Wood, and then over 

 the country nearly to Kineton, pointing for Itchington 

 Heath ; he ran back over Lord Willoughby's grounds, 

 and through Frizhill to Walton Wood, and was killed in 

 the cover next to that wood. 



Many horses were quite done over, and several others 

 were nearly brought to a stand-still. A good day's sport. 



Saturday, Januarys, ISOl. — Snitterfield Bushes was 

 the place of meeting this morning, but we drew without 

 finding, as the whole of the cover had been disturbed by 

 the shooters in the late snow. Afterwards we drew several 

 covers near Sir Edward Smythe's without success, but 

 at two o'clock we found a fox in a pit near Austey Wood, 

 which the hounds drove round the cover with a good scent, 

 and pressed upon him so much that he went to ground in 

 a rabbit hole. From this retreat he was soon bolted, and 

 after allowing him a little time, the hounds were laid on, 

 and ran into their game near to Wooseley Wood, about 

 three miles from Alcester, after a very severe burst of 

 thirty-five minutes, in which time they went about seven 

 miles over the country. A good afternoon's sport for the 

 young pack. 



Jan. 5. — We threw off at Weston Park, and immediately 

 hit upon a fox j he first took two rings round the cover, 

 and went away towards Broadway ; then turned to the left 



