THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



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The fine old pastures of Mickleton, Norton, and Aston, 

 were the closing scenes of this drama, which finished 

 with blood about a mile from the Broadway, before an 

 audience of fifteen, out of about a hundred at the find. 

 The run was one of three hours' duration, there having 

 been only one check, and that only of five minutes. 



Many and various are the spots which witness the 

 finishes of runs, and a list of such during the history 

 of any hunt would, doubtless, be interesting and 

 curious. On Easter Monday, 1803, a Warwickshire 

 finish took pldce in Lady Hertford's ornamental dairy, 

 where 



The pack, heedless of the damsels' screams, 

 First ate the fox — then drank the cream. 



Another severe item was experienced in 1806, when, 

 starting from Bearley Bushes, the hounds killed their 

 fox after four hours and fifty minutes. 



Mr. John Corbet 

 1791-1811. 



A Warwickshire 

 "finish. 



