15^ WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



Jack Wood, who had been for some time huntsman to 

 Lord Althorpe, and Sir Charles Knightley, in North- 

 amptonshire, and to the Duke of Beaufort, in Oxfordshire, 

 now entered into the service of the Warwickshire, first 

 hunting the hounds under Mr. Shirley. Bill Boxall was 

 then a whip. 



BY HARK-FORWARD. 



MEET ALSCOT, FEBRUARY 3ld, 1822. 



The morning was cloudy, with a cold drizzling rain, 

 and we were for some time doubtful if the day wotild afford 

 us any sport. We at length mikenneled a game fox at Fir 

 Grove, a wild sort of animal, that led us away at a rattling 

 pace to Alderminster Hills. Having quickly gained the 

 top, he turned to the right, took down into the lowlands, 

 and crossed the Avon in the valley. He then took over 

 Crimscott Grounds, when he turned again and ran on to the 

 Ilmington Hills. When over the hills, he kept up his speed 

 till he came to Foxcote, and ran close by the house of Mr. 

 F. Canning. On pushing him do%vn to Toddenham, the 

 pack gained considerably on their fox, and at length had 

 him in view. The exhilarating Tallyho announced the glad 

 tidings to the anxious Field, and the hounds turned him up 

 in prime style, in a field near to Wolford Wood. 



This famous run lasted an hour and 40 minutes. The 

 horses were all beat ; the pace being very quick, the fences 

 strong, and the country heavy. 



Mr. Shirley, on his old chesnut horse, Mr. Napier, 

 Mr. H. Campbell, Mr. J. Lucy, and Capt. Lewis, were 

 np at the death ; and several other Sportsmen had good 

 places. Jack Wood was close at the stern of his hounds. 



