88 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



pace, by Hardwick, Battle Farm, Gaydon, Thistle Farm, 

 and over Kineton Big Field. He next crossed the brook 

 opposite to Mr. Jones's buildings, passed on through Mr. 

 Anderton's spiny, in Burton Fields, then up Burton 

 Dassett Hill, where he went to ground. In Kineton Field, 

 Mr. CoCKBiLL, on Mr. Barke's Sky-Scraper, and Mr. R. 

 Bradley, were leading the way. Mr. Hawkes, of Snitter- 

 field, Mr. Kynaston, and several others, afterwards got 

 up. The former gentleman was riding his well-known 

 horse The Printer, and cried out, ' They are going the right 

 pace now, I will shew you what blood can do ; ' and so he 

 did, for at the end he and Mr. Han cox were both up, with 

 those mentioned above, and had a good station at the close 

 of the run. I have seen many quicker things than this, 

 which was a smart straight forward run of about 1 5 miles, 

 done in very good time. The horses were beaten, as the 

 country which the fox took was not the best he might have 

 selected, although the hunters out were of the right sort to 

 follow in such a way as would make some of the ' slim bits 

 of blood,' of the present day, tail off before they had got 

 half the distance. 



Mr. Corbet's last fixture was on Saturday, February 

 9th, 1811. 



Mr. Corbet, when he had finally determined to give 

 up the Hunt, advertised 60 couple of foxhounds, and most 

 of his hunters, for sale. — All the hounds were bred by 

 himself. 



The valuable hunters, 1 2 in number, were disposed of, 

 at Stratford, by public auction, on the 28th of February. 

 Two of them sold for 250 gs. each, and the whole brought 

 upwards of 1220 gs. 



