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Pug led lis bravely over part of JNIr. West's estate to 

 Foxhill Bank, where he crossed the Stoiir, and the hounds 

 were whipped off, as it became too dark to continue, near 

 to Preston-iipon-Stour. Had the hght permitted us to 

 have gone on, we must speedily have turned poor reynard 

 up, who was seen by the himtsman in the next field trailing 

 his brush at a pace not faster than a man could walk, and 

 quite done up. 



The first fox from the Pastures led us a ring of 3.5 

 minutes j and the last had taken the mettle out of the best 

 nags after a run of an hour and fifty-five miimtes, at the 

 best pace, over a stiff country, and, in my opinion, decidedly 

 the worst part of Warwickshire. 



The following gentlemen were amongst the best in this 

 day's sport : Mr. Bolton King, on a thorough-bred bay 

 mare ; Mr. T. Cumines, on a grey mare j Mr. J. Wadhams, 

 of Grafton, on a chestnut ; Mr. John Dadley, on a bay 

 horse of Mr. E. Cockbtll's ; and the Huntsman, on the 

 bay. Most of the horses that went to the end were led 

 home, and this was decidedly the best day's sport with the 

 Warwickshire this season. 



BY SPANK- A WAY. 



Jan. 23. — Met at Upton House, and found in the New 

 Gorse, ran our fox a ringing chase of an hour and ten 

 minutes, and killed him. 



Feb. 6. — Met at Wellesbourne, found in the Wood, 

 and after running pug for 50 minutes, he went to groimd 

 at Walton. Unkenneled a second fox at Brickhill Gorse, 

 whicli on getting away left Lord Northampton's to the 



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