'210 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



At a meeting held at the Royal Hotel, Leamington, in 

 1830, Mr. Russell in the chair, it was agi'eed, — that a 

 kennel, stables, &c. should be erected near to the town, for 

 the better accommodation of those gentlemen who resided 

 in the vicinity of the Spa, as well as those sportsmen who 

 made Leamington their head quarters during the hunting 

 season. The inhabitants subscribed liberally to carry the 

 resolutions of the meeting into effect, and Mr. F. Rob bins 

 engaged to complete the whole by the September following, 

 for the sum of £200. Mr. Robbins fulfilled his engage- 

 ment with great credit to himself, and to the satisfaction 

 of his employers. The buildings were erected at Lillington, 

 about a mile north of the town. 



BY r.. R. 



MEET — UPTON HOUSE. 



The seascm commenced on the 1st of November. The 

 meet was at Upton House, the seat of Mr. Russell, the 

 present master of the hounds. The meet most respectable 

 and numerous. The morning was all a true sportsman 

 could wish, ' with a southerly wind and a cloudy sky,' and 

 proclaimed that sport, which, but for an unlucky circum- 

 stance, we should have had. We trotted to a small covert 

 three miles towards Banbury, where, in a little brake, not 

 more than an acre, we found a brace of foxes, which went off 

 in gallant style. The hounds setting to one, led us such a 

 pace for about four miles, that had it continued, very few 

 would have seen the end of it. He went to ground. 



We returned to the same place, and found another of 

 the fox family, but were again unfortunate. 



