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50 yards of each other, and in complete view of a large and 

 respectable Field A gallant Sportsman present here gave 

 the View halloo ! and exclaimed, ' Now, Gentlemen, here's 

 a sight to excite iis ! none of us can surely find an excuse 

 for not riding now ! ' On they went at full speed, till they 

 came to Compton Verney, where reynard, making a turn 

 to the right, and skirting the plantations of the lower end 

 of Bowshot, went towards Wellesbovirne, and turned to the 

 right for Moreton Wood. 



From Lighthorne Rough the pace was tremendous, 

 and 35 minutes elapsed without a check. The first four 

 miles, with the exception of one person on a ehestimt horse, 

 no one saw either fox or hound till they inclined towards 

 Chesterton, where others were let in. 



Mr. Vyner, Captain Mitchell, Bill Boxall the 

 huntsman, and Tom Day the whip, on the famous steeple- 

 race horse, late the property of Mr, Jenkins, were amongst 

 the first. 



In passing through Chesterton, the numbers at most 

 were increased to 15 or 16 ; and from this point they went 

 in the direction of Flarbury Heath. Then inclining to the 

 left, crossed Harbury Fields for the turnpike road leading to 

 Ufton Wood, where man, horse, and hound being dead beat, 

 the hounds were whipped off. 1 



1 Some of the oldest sportsmen present considered this one of the 

 most brilliant affairs ever witnessed ; and the juniors were astonished 

 at the state of the Field at its close. Riders without horses, some 

 horses down, some up, and some in ditches — and some horses and 

 riders so fatigued, (to use a hunting phrase,) that they could 

 neither go nor stand ! — One hour and ten minutes. 



