50 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



a capital animal of the right sort, stopped in the same field ; 

 and Mr. William Barke, on a young horse, went to 

 Brailes Hill, and there quitted the run. 



I never saw a Field so completely beaten before. You 

 had only to cast your eye from the top of Brailes Hill, and 

 you would see groups of Sportsmen leading and driving 

 their best nags home before the run was half over. I once 

 stood on Long Compton Hill, and retraced the line of 

 country this gallant fox had led us ; and I found we had 

 reached, at different periods of the chase, within five miles 

 of Banbury, two of Chipping Norton, and six of the town 

 of Stratford-on-Avon. 



BY A VETERAN FOXHUNTER. 

 Jan. 29. — Met at Ufton Wood, and found a brace of 

 foxes ; hunted one with a bad scent for an hour, and ran 

 him, at the close, into a drain, three miles from the 

 cover. We found another fox, afterwards, at Lighthorne, 

 and ran him for Chesterton ; through that cover, and we 

 lost him while pointing for Oakley Wood. 1 



Jan. 30. — Threw off at Lord Dormer's, and found near 

 Claverdon. Our fox pointed for Bushwood, and was many 

 times headed in making for that cover. After running two 

 hours we killed him near Haywood. 



Friday, February 5, — Met at Itchington Heath, and 

 found a brace of foxes. One of them went away, at a very 

 fast pace, for Ufton ; we then drove him, at a rapid rate. 



1 Lord Cravpn, Mr. B. Craven, and a larg-e Field, limited with us 

 to-day. 



