52 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



Feb. 24. — Found in a very small cover at Farnborough ; 

 most of the hounds viewed the fox away, and we killed him 

 in Mr. Holbech's gorse, after a run of 20 minutes. We 

 then drew all the covers near that place, Upton, and the 

 covers near Epwell, and Lord Northampton's, blank. 



On the 1st of March, the hounds left Stratford for 

 Meriden. 



Monday, March 1. — Met this morning at Thickthorn, 

 and drew that and the other covers near Stoneleigh without 

 finding. In trying Cubbiugton, we found a brace of foxes. 

 This occurrence divided the hounds ; one part, 14 couple, 

 followed a fox to Ryton Wood, and forward pointing to 

 Frankton ; through Brandon woods, and near to Combe, 

 where every hound viewed him to ground, after a run of an 

 hour and 40 minutes. The other part of the pack, near 20 

 couple, followed their fox from Cubbington, straight over 

 Stoneleigh Field for Baginton ; he tried the earths in the 

 Grove, and then crossed the Avon, pointing directly for 

 Wainbody Wood, and in the Warwick turnpike road, close 

 to this wood, the hounds came to the first check ; but this 

 was only for three or four minutes, as the hounds then hit 

 the scent across the road for Canley, through Jeacock's 

 Wood, and on to Westwood Heath, Park Wood, and to Tile 

 Hill, and straight through that cover towards Allesley; 

 then bearing to the left, he crossed the Birmingham road 

 near the Rainbow, and ran for Meriden Shafts. He did 

 not stop here a minute, but went on through the Out- woods 

 to the Decoy in Packington Park, where our fox, unluckily, 

 found an earth open and went to ground. I 



1 This was a good hunting run over the best part of the Meriden 

 country, and though we were running more than two hours and a half 

 it was by no means a bad scent, and, as far as Tile Hill, very fast. 



