60 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



Packington Park, through the Decoy for the Out-woods, 

 pointing for the Danvats, and after running him for an 

 hour and a half, he was lost from the bad scent. 



The hounds killed four brace of foxes within the last 

 fortnight. 



The hounds came to Stratford on the 30th October, 

 and hunted some days with but little sport, from the bad 

 state of the weather. 



Wkdnesday, November 7- — We hunted this morning 

 at Oakley Wood. The fox hung some time in cover, and 

 then went away for Warwick Park, and over the Avon to 

 the Castle. There were so many Sportsmen out, that we 

 stopped the hounds, to avoid cutting up the beautiful gravel 

 walks in the pleasure grounds near to that noble edifice. 

 Drew Chesterton Wood, and found a brace and a half of 

 foxes, which we ran near an hour in cover. At length one 

 of them got away, but he was headed back to the cover by 

 some coursers ; the cover was now so much stained, that 

 the hounds were not again permitted to go into it. We then 

 drew Lord Willoughby's gorse without finding. Found 

 at Lighthorne Rough, and run our fox for two hours over 

 the grass country ; the hunting was as good as it could 

 possibly be, and the hounds killed him after a fine day's 

 sport, at five o'clock ; the latter part of the run was very 

 qiiick. 



Nov. 12. — Met at Ufton Wood, and very soon found a 

 brace of foxes ; after running them for some time in cover, 

 one of them made away for Chesterton Wood, and he was 

 lost in that cover, after running him for two hours. Drew 

 Moreton Wood, blank. Found a fox at Frizhill ; the run 



