78 THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



^iftq^Tftlfi'^' ^°^" *^® ®^^® ^^ which he ran for a mile. He then 

 -1- ' passed by Little Bourton and over the valley to Wils- 

 cote, after which he passed over the Cropredy hills 

 to Claydon where he was lost. It was supposed that 

 he went into a drain here, but in consequence of a 

 labourer in a turnip field calling " Forward, " the 

 hounds were thrown off the line and were not able 

 to hit it again. The nags were pretty well done. Of 

 the two hundred who were out, only the master and 

 some five-and-twenty others were present to the end 

 of the day. The time was three and a quarter hours 

 audit was one of the best hunting runs ever witnessed. 

 The scent was not particularly good, yet ithe "hounds 

 hit it off cleverly and shewed to what perfection they 

 could be brought by proper kennel management and 

 training. The greater part returned home through 

 Farnborough and gladly accepted Mr. Holbech's hospit- 

 able invitation to rest and refresh themselves and their 

 steeds for a short time. 



^ woiS °^ ^'"^^'^ 0^ April 4th, ] 835, the meet was at Uf ton Wood and 

 a find took place at Print Hill, the fox taking them to 

 Weston Mill. Here the field came to a standstill 

 owing to the swollen state of the stream, the water 

 being spread over the low ground on the margin of the 

 river. The hounds and fox crossed and went on. Mr. 

 Augustus Berkeley tried to open the gate near the Mill, 

 but the water was too deep and too rapid, and a country- 

 man whom he offered a couple of sovereigns to open it, 

 refused to do so. Mr. Russell distinguished him- 

 self by swimming it with hia horse, the water being 

 some seventeen or eighteen yards wide. He rode after 

 the hounds and caught them at Cubbington Wood, 

 and was up when the fox was killed, only two-and-a- 

 half couple of hounds remaining. 



The next season's The season 1834-5 did not perhaps contain so many 



^^°^ ' lengthy runs as the preceding one, but it was still a 



very successful one. It finished on the 4th of April, 



1835. Ufton Wood was drawn blank, but Print Hill 



