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THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



Mr. John Corbet 

 1791-1811. 



The 



extent of 

 hunting War- 

 wickshire. 



Mr. Corbet's 

 Kennel. 



Trojan, who cleared it and alone marked the fox to 

 ground. In the case of the former there is additional 

 credit attached to it, for, by his powers, he alone kept 

 up the sport and preserved an admirable run from 

 being nipped at its very commencement. They found 

 at Perry Woods, near Birmingham, the fox making for 

 Lord Dartmouth's park, into which he entered over the 

 high brick wall, Trojan alone following. The rest of 

 the pack and the field went round and entered by the 

 gate, only to find that Trojan and his game had 

 crossed the park and left it over the wall on 

 the opposite side. They accordingly made their 

 exit in the same way as that in which they had eflFected 

 an entrance, and, being told that a single hound had 

 been seen entering a wood, rightly surmised that it was 

 Trojan. He was quickly heard carrying on the 

 scent and the pack joining, a capital run was the 

 result, the kill being near Halesowen in Worcester- 

 shire. With regard to Trojan's pedigree, there seems 

 to be some degree of doubt as to whether there was 

 such a hound as Trueboy in the Pytchley kennels 

 during the years 1778-80. 



The eccentric and celebrated' Tom Moody was a 

 short time in Mr. Corbet's service, but it is not certain 

 whether it was during the period he held War- 

 wickshire. In those days the hunting country of 

 Warwickshire meant Warwickshire. That is to say, 

 it comprised the whole county. Tile Hill, Prince- 

 thorpe, Newbold, Newnham, Combe, and all the Dun- 

 church country, afterwards given up to Lord Anson 

 and the Atherstone, were drawn by Mr. Corbet's 

 hounds. He hunted without subscription, except £5 

 a year from each of the members of the club for earth- 

 stopping. His kennel generally consisted of 70 couples 

 of hounds, the packs being classed according to age. 

 The dogs were large and stout animals, but the bitches 

 seem to have been the more preferable for hunting 

 purposes. He resided during his tenure of Warwick- 



