180 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



being beaten by Mr. R. Greavks and Mr. Patrick. Mr. 

 Hay and Mr. F. Holland came up shortly after the fox 

 took the drain. We put the tei*rier in, and reynard was 

 killed as soon as he bolted. 



Shortly before pug ran to ground. Dalliance and Curious, 

 two of the fleetest hounds in the pack, headed the others by 

 about 1.5 yards, shewing their great superiority over the 

 rest in speed ; and Mr. Hay said he would back them 

 against any two hounds in the kingdom. 



Mr. Hay complimented Patrick on the superior man- 

 ner in which he led the whole Field, following, near as he 

 ovight, the exact line of the hounds. 



We found two other foxes in the same drain, and 

 having turned one out, ran him a ring of 25 minutes, and 

 killed him near Edge Hill, after a capital run. This was 

 the fastest thing I ever saw with the Warwickshire, and it 

 proves that bone and blood are both necessary to carry a 

 man to the end of a good run over this country. 



A Sportsman of long practice has observed, — The moment leading' 

 hounds are at fault, every judicious liorseman invariably moves to a 

 proper distance, that the body of the liounds may not be interrupted in 

 making tlieir casts, or get interspersed amidst the legs of the horses. 

 Whenever a lucky hit is made, he instantly attends to tlie hound who 

 made it, and upon a general recovery of the scent, goes immediately on 

 with the chase, for the loss of ground, at so critical a moment, it may 

 be sometimes veiy difficult to regain. In tlie midst of his entliusiastic 

 attachment to the sport before him, the safety, ease, and preservation 

 of his horse preponderates over eveiy other consideration. Equally a 

 stranger to the furor of folly, and juvenile indiscretion, a sportsman of 

 this description never embarks in any scheme of imprudence or unne- 

 cessarj- danger ; he never enters into the spirit of racing competition 

 during the chase, thereby distressing his horse, nor Avantonly wasting 

 the strength that may be so much wanted at the conclusion of a long 

 and very severe day. 



