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away, and the hounds immediately hung to the other, and 

 after running rings for near two hours, in and out of cover, 

 we drove him away over the country pointing for Lord 

 Warwick's park, 1 when he was lost, from the scent dying 

 away, after a run of two hours and a half. 



Feb. 4. — This morning we immediately foinid a very good 

 fox at the meet, Wolford Wood ; we ran him, as quick as 

 possible, over the country pointing for Chapel House, when 

 he earthed in a stone quarry between Chapel House and 

 Chipping Norton, after as severe a biarst, for 30 minutes, 

 as hounds ever ran. We then drew all the gorses near 

 Wolford, blank ; wc found a fox at Barton Wood, which,^ 

 after taking some rings in the cover, made away to Lord 

 Northwick's park wall 3 being headed back, he pointed 

 over the country for Wolford Wood, bxit in consequence of 

 the scent being bad, and the storms that came on, he 

 was lost. 



Feb. 5. — The meet was at Walton Wood, and we took 

 the hounds forward to Kineton Gorse, but could not find ; 

 we then drew Lord Willoughby's new gorse cover, and 

 Lighthorne Rough, without success. At length we found 

 at Frizhill, and pursued our game to Lighthorne earths, 

 over the country near to Kineton ; we then came back over 

 the bridge at Compton, and through the plantations at 

 Frizhill. The hounds got up to their fox in a cover near 

 Walton, and we expected every minute to kill him, but he 



1 In 1789, the late Earl of Warwick obtained the King's Plate of 

 lOOgs. to be run for at Warwick September Races. That handsome 

 addition to tlie other stakes contributed, in no small degree, to bring 

 these Races into repute, and to raise them to that eminence they have 

 since attained. 



