360 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



I have seen him in all situations with hounds. I have seen 

 him on the wrong side of a large cover, at starting, and I 

 have seen hounds slip away from him from other causes. I 

 have known him meet with falls and perplexities, and appear 

 in his place again in a trice, as though he had been dropped 

 from the clouds ; but I never heard of, or saw a good run, 

 that, if Henry Wyatt was out, he did not see the best 

 part of it, and make his appearance at the finish. I never 

 shall forget one fence I saw him ride over, after his horse 

 had been going some time. It was a hog-back broken stile, 

 quite as high as his horse's back, on a narrow, slippery foot- 

 path, and on a considerable ascent. I certainly did not 

 consider it a practicable fence, situated as it was, and was 

 surprised to see him well landed in the next field. To be 

 sure, he was u])on a rare bit of stuff, — his Morgan Rattler 

 horse, long and wide, but not tall. 



The Warwickshire hounds are an excellently managed 

 establishment, and there is more spirit among the Members 

 of the Hunt, in the way of promoting hunt balls, club 

 dinners, &c. than thei'e is among three-fourths of the hunts 

 in the kingdom. 



Mr. Thornhill has adopted a very judicious plan of 

 making his fixtures at a considerable distance from the 

 cover which he means to draw — for instance, Princethorpe 

 for Debdale, Gaydon Inn for Ladbroke and Radbourne 

 Gorse ; which those who have ever seen the manner in 

 which covers are disturbed by people assembling before the 

 hounds arrive, cannot fail to appreciate. By this means 

 many fine runs are secured. 



