88 THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



Mr. Granville, sport during this period, if it cannot actually be classed 

 1836-1839. ^^ ^^^^ certainly fell very far short of the excellency 

 which it had attained during earlier years. 



A grass line to On November the 30th, 1836, the meet was at Bishop's 

 Southam. Itchington, decidedly one of their best fixtures. Rad- 



bourn Gorse provided a leash of foxes, one of which, 

 after giving the hounds half an hour's amusement in 

 covert, afforded a capital scurry of some twenty minutes 

 to Southam, on the outskirts of which he was killed. 

 The pace was tremendous and the line as straight as a 

 bird could fly, grass abounding all the way. 



A poor season. The following season (1837-8) was one of the worst 



that had been experienced for years. The commence- 

 ment was far from favourable, and for about six weeks 

 in the depths of winter hunting was totally suspended. 



Another day at The best day was on March the 15th when the meet 

 Son.'^ "°^' "^^^ *g*^" Bishop's Itchington, and the famous Rad- 

 bourn Gorse was the appointed draw. On the way, how- 

 ever, to that place the hounds were put into Watergall, 

 and a burst of twenty minutes was obtained without a 

 check over the parishes of Wormleighton and Bodding- 

 ton, leaving Boddington Hill Gorse on the left, and 

 skirting Lower Boddington up to Warden Hill, where 

 the gallant fox gave the large field the slip. A large 



Behaviour of the crowd had assembled at Radbourn to witness the draw, 

 Gorse. and upon the hounds not arriving there, they were so 



exasperated that they took sticks and dogs and beat 

 the Gorse from end to end. A short time afterwards 

 was the Warwick Race Meeting, and when the hounds 

 came, with the large field that event generally produced, 

 to their favourite Gorse, the result of the crowd's 

 behaviour was that it was found to be blank. 



Warwickshire Among those whose names may be recorded as 



Names. followers of " the Warwickshire " during this period 



were : — Lord Douglas ; Lord Howth, who will be 

 remembered as figuring in some water jumps in a 

 previous run ; Lord Hopetoun ; Lord Ongley, and 

 his brother the Hon. Sam Ongley ; Lord Vivian ; Si^ 



