THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



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of Craven, Sir R. Puleston, and the celebrated Col. 

 Wardle acted as his locum tenens with the hounds. 



Let me give my readers a little more taste of the 

 quality of the sport enjoyed under Mr. Corbet before 

 I finish with the period of that celebrated master. A 

 famous day's sport was that enjoyed on a certain day 

 in 1808 from a meet at Wellesbourne. A fox was 

 turned out of; a small covert close to the wood and 

 went off at a clipping pace. He first of all traversed 

 Wellesbourne Wood and went on to Walton, then, as 

 now, the abode of a staunch supporter of the hunt. He 

 appeared to be making for Kinetou^Holt, but turned 

 to the right and went straight to Black Marton. From 

 here he visited another supporter of the hounds, who 

 was afterwards to become their master, and took his pur- 

 suers quickly through Mr. Shirley's Park at Eatington. 

 He crossed the Stour atNewbold, and ran across Arms- 

 cott Field, Blakewell Field, and over Meon Hill. Leav- 

 ing Mickleton to the left, and going by Norton Burnt 

 House, he arrived at Weston, where he got into a 

 hedge. "Bob" Canning, however, was to the front, as 

 usual, and whipped him out, and ,the hounds pulled 

 him over in fine style in the presence of about five or 

 six, which were all out of a large field who could 

 survive the pace. They were the worthy master, Mr. 

 E. Canning, Mr. H. Bobbins, Mr. R. Bradley, Mr. T. 

 Handley, the huntsman, and a whip. Their horses, 

 however, were done up. Mr. Bobbins was obliged to 

 leave his horse at Mickleton for the night. Mr. 

 Bradley, the dealer referred to above, acquired one 

 addition to his stable, from the run, as he purchased for 

 a large sum, the horse which had carried Mr. Handley 

 to the end. My readers will be able to trace on 

 their maps the nice little horseahoe-shaped piece of 

 work accomplished. 



Another piece of business which was of almost equal 

 severity, and, but for the interference of a sheep dog, 



Mr. John Corbet 

 1791-1811. 



A run from Wel- 

 lesbourne. 

 1808. 



