wo WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



MEET OAKLEY WOOD, NOV\ IfiTH. 



This excellent pack of foxhounds had another Ijrilliant 

 run on Monday, when they met according to appointment 

 at Oakley Wood, where they threw off in fine style ; a great 

 number of ladies and gentlemen being spectators of the 

 animating scene. In a few mimites a fine fox was found, 

 who, with the sagacity of his species, after tantalizing his 

 pursuers with running a few short rings, suddenly took to 

 earth, and obliged them to proceed further in search of 

 sport. 



Many of the field left here, and the hounds were drawn 

 away to Lighthorne Rough, where, about noon, the merry 

 cry was again heard, the hounds having started another fox 

 possessing more game, and less cunning. He took off in 

 gallant style, in the direction of Hill Farm ; then turning to 

 the left he skirted Compton Verney House, and the beau- 

 tiful woods of that domain ; bounded to the right in the 

 direction of Brickhill Gorse, and after passing the Red 

 House, went at a spanking rate across Brockhampton fields 

 to Butler's Marston, where a very short check ensued. The 

 pack soon hit off the scent again, and their fox led them 

 close by the kennel to Blacklands and Pillerton Hersey, 

 leaving Oxhill \illage to the left. Here reynard, turning to 

 the right towards Hell Brake, put his speed to the utmost, 

 and led the pack over hill and dale, through flood and field, 

 in prime style, as far as Lord Northampton's, at Compton 

 Wynniate, where he took refuge in the ice-house. The 

 hounds closely followed, and Colonel Gilbert, Mr. R. 

 Greaves, and the huntsman, obtaining a ladder and some 

 lights, entered poor reynard's singular retreat, descended 

 an ice pit about ten feet deep, and found at the bottom 

 several of the hounds, who had devoured every part of the 

 fox except his nose. 



