THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 71 



CHAPTER X. 



Captain Russell and some of his sport— Mr. 



ThORNHILL— SPORT AND INCIDENTS DURING HIS 

 TENANCY OF OFFICE. 



In 1830, Mr. FellowtiS was followed by Captain John ^^P*'^"^ ^"^^^l'- 

 Russell, nephew to the Dake of Bedford. He resided 

 at Upton House near Banbury. Bill Boxall became 

 his huntsman, and Tom Day, from the service of Sir 

 G-eorge Sitwell, filled the post of first whip. He 

 entered upon his duties with high pretensions. He 

 was a capital sportsman, and in society his name 

 was well-known. I might say at once, that the 

 anticipations he raised of sport were fully realized. 

 At a meeting held at Warwick during the second 

 season a subscription of £2,100 was guaranteed for one 

 year, and his proposition to hunt the Woodlands 

 twice a week was agreed to. 



Let me give my readers one or two items which 

 occurred during his three years tenancy of office. 

 First of all, a day from Uf ton Wood on December "^uftonWood"' 

 17tb, 1830, which gave them a capital couple of 

 hours and ten minutes on the Warwickshire 

 Plain, only one slight check occurring during 

 the event. It was some time before the 

 necessary article could be got, but when at last a 

 break took place, the pace immediately assumed was 

 a spanking one, and a fine hunt followed. Whitnash 

 Gorse, Chesterton Wood, and Lighthorne Rough 

 were some of his points, he taking a capital line down 

 the centre of the Plain. The Plantations at Comptoa 



