George Beers, Huntsinan. 71, 



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Hellidon field, on over Charwelton Hill, and killed 

 the fox about two fields from the covert, in fifty 

 minutes without a check. This was a very good 

 beginning from a very successful covert. 



During this season Beers gave us perhaps the 

 most severe chase I ever rode in that country. 

 Finding our fox in a little osier-bed near Charwel- 

 ton we ran the flat up to Ganderton's, and on to 

 Louseland through the spinney, and followed the 

 little brook on the left side down the valley, and 

 killed the fox under Woodend. The ' ladies ' 

 never checked and we scarcely opened a gate all 

 the way; and if any of my readers doubt that 

 being a severe line I should like them to try it. 



Sport was now reduced to a certainty when 

 opportunity offered. During this season I had 

 heard much said about Mr. Baker's hounds in 

 North Warwickshire. Several of that pack were 

 bloodhound colour, and being very anxious to 

 see them, I put a hunter on the train and went 

 down to Dunchurch. Peter CoUison was hunts- 

 man, and he had a very nice pack of bitches out, 

 two couples of the dark colour. The country was 

 strange to me, but they called the covert Bunker's 

 Hill. We found and ran to ground in five minutes, 

 a dog bolted the fox and away hounds went in view. 

 The fox was soon out of sight, and the hounds 



