MR. RUSSELL.— 1831. «25 



Again away — the run so keen. 

 That neither hound nor fox was seen 

 By any of the field, for more 

 Than twenty minutes — the power 

 Was so reduc'd of ev'ry nag. 

 The very stoutest seemed to flag. 



When to Farnborough vill he came, 

 The hounds press'd closer on their game. 

 And he, to shun a fate so hard. 

 Sought shelter in a farmer's yard ; 

 Where he, the day with pride to close. 

 Exhausted fell before his foes. 1 



COMPTON VERNEY. 



' The joyous sound 

 Of distant Sportsmen, and the deep-tongu'd liound 

 First lieard from kennel burstina^ mad with joy.' 



The meet, on the '24th of February, was at this place, 

 and the Field displayed a great number of well-appointed 

 Sportsmen. The hounds soon found at Lighthorne Rough, 

 when reynard broke cover in capital style. After being 

 headed a few times in a manner never practised by any 

 good sportsman, he went in the direction of Chesterton 

 Wood ; afterwards he made a sudden turn, and leaving 

 Compton Verney and Kineton to the right, ran into that 

 fine bushy covert called the Holt, which he did not for 

 some time seem inclined to leave, which gave the stragglers 



1 Tlie indefatigable exertions of Boxall, together with the style 

 in which the hounds are turned out, cannot fail to give satisfaction to 

 every Sportsman. 



