MR. HAY. 



W. HaYj Esq. then of Wcllesboiirne, in this county, 

 succeeded Mr. Shirley in the management of the War- 

 wickshire hovmds, with a subscription of £1,500 per annum. 

 He hunted them himself, but kept Jack Wood as kennel 

 huntsman. Bill Boxall was first whip. 



This gentleman resides at Dunse Castle, near Berwick. 

 At the commencement of the hunting season, 1822, Mr. 

 Hay took possession of Almington Hall, near Market 

 Drayton, in Shropshire, and, with a superior pack, hunted 

 that district, which inchtded a large trract of country in the 

 county of Stafford. 



The first meet was on Monday, the 31st of October, 

 1825, at Chesterton Wood. 



