THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



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CHAPTER XII. 



A COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT — Mr. B. GrANVILLE 

 —THE QUALITY OF THE SPORT— WARWICKSHIRE 

 NAMES — THE DIVISION OF THE COUNTRY AND 

 ESTABLISHMENT OF "THE NORTH " PACK. 



To hark back to the end of Mr. ThornhiU's regime, A Committee. 

 he retired at the end of the season 1835-6 and Mr. 

 Smith, of the Craven Hunt, and previously of the 

 Hambledon, was spoken of as his successor. This, 

 however, did not come about and the hounds ultimately 

 came under the management of a committee consist- 

 ing of Mr. Shirley, Mr. Townsend, Mr. B. Granville, 

 Mr. Holden, and Mr. Barnard. The lease of the 

 kennels at Butler's Marston having expired, the hounds 

 were moved to Wellesbourne. There were also kennels 

 at Lillington, near Leamington, which had been erected 

 during Mr. Russell's mastership at a cost of £200. 

 Mr. B. Granville was to act as field master, and, in fact, Mr. B. Granville 

 may be looked upon as the actual master. The number 

 of hunting days were to be two a week with an 

 occasional bye-day. Tom Day continued to act as 

 huntsman. The new authority did not commence very 

 auspiciously as an attack of madness visited the 

 kennels and left destruction in its wake. The rule of 

 Mr. Granville was, like that of his immediate pre- 

 decessors, a three-years one, but I have not the amount 

 of sport to chronicle in connection with his term of 

 office that I had with some of the others. In fact, the 



