240 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



There were about ^25 up at the death ; a gratifying, and 

 rather a surprising number, after such an out-and-outer 

 run. The distance, as the crow flies, could not be less than 

 1 4 miles, for the last five of which some of the leading men 

 rode without their hats. On the whole, this run forms a 

 brilliant close to one of the most brilliant seasons of the 

 Warwickshire hounds. In the last month, they have killed 

 1 1 out of 14 foxes. Bill Boxall, as a young huntsman, 

 deserves great credit ; no man has brought a pack into 

 greater perfection than he has the Warwickshire. 



Captain Russell will retire from the management with 

 the esteem and respect of the whole Hunt ; his urbanity of 

 manners, with the liberal spirit which has distinguished all 

 his hunting arrangements, has left nothing to be desired. 



BY WHOO-WHOOP.— I'FTON wood, march 22. 



' The dew that bespangles each leaf, 



When Aurora unveils her bright face, 

 Are tears of the night shed in grief. 



Which depart mth the joys of the chase.' 



Drew the wood, blank. Found a fox in the Gorse at 

 Whitnash, and ran him at a a cry quick pace up to Chester- 

 ton. Ran him in the wood for an hour, when he broke 

 away for Lighthorne, and on to Chadshunt ; here he turned 

 back to Itchington-heath, through that covert on to Water- 

 gall, bearing for Radbourne ; then turned to the right over 

 the fields for Knightcote ; went back to Itchington, and 

 through the heath at a rapid pace to Chesterton- wood ; 

 here our fox was so dead beat that he could scarcely make 

 a run of it even at a very slow pace. At this moment we 

 were hallood away to a stale scent, and it was got so late 

 we would not let the hounds go on any farther. 



