LORD MIDDLETON.— 1812. 101 



Reynard, by this, tho' stout and fleet. 

 Had no desire again to meet 

 An enemy who on him press'd 

 Without a moment's time to rest ; 

 So shifting ground he doubled sly, 

 And crept into some furze hard by ; 

 Where, trembling for his life, he lay 

 Until the field had gone away. 



The moment he had doubled back, 

 Under the noses of the pack. 

 Another fox, to our dismay, 

 Was loudly tally-ho"d away ; 

 Being divided, baulk'd and cross'd, 

 The hunted fox, alas ! was lost ! 1 



The first meet this season, 1812, was on Monday, 

 October the 26th, at Avon Dassett. The last meet on 

 Saturday, April 14th, 1813, at Birchley Hayes. 



On the 3 1 st of May the following notice was announced 

 from authority : — The Members of the Warwickshire Hunt 

 are informed, that by the regulations newly adopted. Lord 

 Mtddleton's hoimds will permanently remain throughout 

 the year within the county ; and the covers will be hunted 

 from their different kennels, early and late every season. 



The first meet this season, 1813, was on October 25th, 

 at Edge Hill. 



1 This was a most capital run, and the disappointment at the 

 conclusion was more than compensated by the diversion it previously 

 afforded. 



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