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was great. Mr. Thoraliill aad Captain Smith lost two 

 valuable horses during the run. The horse of the 

 former slipped his hind leg into a rut and broke it, 

 while that of the latter broke his back in a deep ditch. 

 Mr. Woodward, Mr. Smith, Tom Day, and Mr. 

 Shirley's groom, on a young horse of his master's, were 

 the only persons with the hounds for the first fifty 

 minutes, owing to the pace, and the large fences, but 

 the sharp turn at UUington let all the field in to 

 witness the finale of this admirable piece of work. The 

 head of the fox was preserved in a glass 'case in the 

 Hunt Room at the Warwick Arms Inn, Warwick, with 

 an account of the run underneath. 



On the 23rd of the same month the meet was at 

 Bishop's Itchington, and a fine fox was soon viewed 

 away for Itchington Heath. He made for Chesterton, 

 rounded the wood, and went as though making for 

 Chadshunt, at a slapping pace, which was unfortunately 

 broken by some checks. He was, however, recovered 

 in Lighthorne Rough, where the scent was breast high, 

 and the houndj were within fifty yards of the fox, 

 the pace being most severe. Compton Verney 

 was evidently his point, but this appears to have 

 been forsaken, and a change in the opposite direction 

 resorted to for safety, and passing through Chesterton 

 Wood in the direction of Harbury, he went on over 

 Ufton Bottom to the Wood, where at four o'clock 

 the hounds changed and were stopped. The last 

 bit was over one of the severest, deepest, and stifi'est 

 bits of country in England. Mr. Vyner, Captain 

 Mitchell, Boxall and Day were amongst the first. 

 This may not seem a very great accomplishment, as 

 we have not had to describe a far-reaching line, such 

 as has been the case in some^'previous events, but 

 some of the oldest sportsmen considered this one of 

 the most brilliant affairs ever witnessed, and the end 

 saw the field in a terrible state, horses and riders 

 being all over the place. The time was one hour 

 and ten minntes. 



Mr. Thornhill. 

 1833-1836.. 



Two unlucky in- 

 cidents. 



A stiff run from 

 Itchington. 



