292 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



Feb. 11. — Met at Mitiord Bridge, and on finding in 

 Wolford-wood, reynard skulked and doubled in the covert 

 for near an hour and a half. When forced out he went 

 away for Moreton Village, on to Hanging Aston, and up to 

 Paxford. At this place oxir fox turned short back to" Lord 

 Redesdalk's park, Mhcrc we killed him, after a run, out 

 of cover, of more than 45 minutes. 



BY AN OLD SOLDIER. 



FAKNBOUOUGII. FEB. 12tI1. 



A splendid run with Mr. Thornhill, will, 1 hope, 

 find what many heroes of old were so fortunate as to obtain, 

 a pen to record its glory. Mr. Thornhill's pack met at 

 Farnborough, near Mr. Holbech's house, with a brilliant 

 field, when just as the hounds Mere about to throw off, a 

 fox was hallood away before Mr. IIoLnECii's magnificent 

 terrace, in the direction of MoUington. The hounds being 

 soon laid on, the fox went away in gallant style, keeping 

 the line of the brook along the valley between the Banbury 

 and Gaydon Inn roads, till rising the hill he passed through 

 Hanwell Spiney, and ran, as for a time supposed, into a 

 drain near Neithrop, within a quarter of a mile of Banbur}% 

 — time 20 minutes. 



At this place we came to a check for about 10 minutes, 

 when a farmer whipped up our fox from some grass o\il of 

 a ditch over which the hounds had passed, and away he 

 went at the very best pace over Wroxton grounds, with the 

 park to the right, over Crouch-hill, with the Chipping- 

 Norton road and Mr. Stuart's house to our left, then to 

 Wickham Mill. There not liking the water, our fox took 

 his line along the right bank of the brook, and we came to a 

 short check in one of the meadows while the hounds flushed 

 over the brook, and greatly to his glory, Lord IIowth 



