58 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



Oct. 19. — Hunted at Hampton Coppice, and in a very 

 short time found three or four foxes. We went off after 

 one for the Sohhull covers, where we got up to him ; he 

 took a turn in the distant covers, and then went back again 

 to Hampton Coppice ; the hounds rattled him through that 

 cover, and ran into him at Mr. Spooner's house, after a 

 run of full three hours, 



Oct. 20. — Drew, first, Cawley Wood, but did not find 

 before we got to Birchley Hays. The fox went away the 

 moment the hounds spoke, and took right for the Meriden 

 Out-woods, and on to Meriden Shafts ; in this cover he 

 hung some time, and after being frequently headed he went 

 off to Lord Aylesford's Decoy, over the Park for Daniel's 

 Wood, and then back to the Park, where he was killed, after 

 running two hours and 20 minutes. 



Oct. 23. — The Field met, this morning, at Wennel 

 Wood ; the hounds found in Brandon Wood, and killed 

 their fox after a sharp burst of 20 minutes. We found a 

 second fox almost immediately in Brandon woods, and after 

 driving him about in the Combe woods for an hour and five 

 minutes, he went to ground in a rabbit-hole, where he was 

 killed. We then drew High Wood, and directly found a 

 brace of foxes ; one of them, after taking a circle in the 

 cover, broke away for Brinklow, then towards Rugby, and 

 back to AUoaks cover ; then over a fine country to Mr. 

 Grimes's, of Coton, where the scent died entirely away. — 

 A good day's sport, the hounds running very hard between 

 four and five hours. 



Oct. 24. — The hounds hit upon a fox as soon as they 

 •were thrown into Hampton Coppice. After taking a turn 

 round the cover, he went away to Mr. Spooner's. At this 



