THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



A division 

 duties. 



of 



Mr. Selby 

 Lowndes. 



time'the country had not been hunted, or'at best only Division of thb 



■" Country 

 irregularly hunted, for some years, and let the atten- 



tions of a hnnt be withdrawn from any district for any 



length of time, and unsportsmanlike methods of^puttins; 



an end to the lives of members of the tribe will be aura 



to creep in. 



On the 23rd of March in the following year'another 

 meeting was held at Warwick and a division of duties 

 was proposed. Lord Willoughby de Broke to give three 

 days a week to the southern district and Mr. Henley 

 Greaves to devote himself for three days a week to the 

 northern parts. "^ This proposition], was not, however, 

 carried out in its entirety, for 'within a few weeks 

 another excellent sportsman had appeared upon the 

 scene, in the person of Mr. Selby Lowndes, who had 

 been showing good sport in part of the Duke of 

 Grafton's country, which he had just returned to Lord 

 Southampton. ,i^This gentleman arranged to hunt the 

 north country twice a week during the next season, 

 with an occasional bye-day, according to the supply of 

 foxes, making Leamington his head-quarters. The 

 boundaries of the two countries were to be as follows : — 

 Between Dunchurch and Leamington, the River Leam ; Division of War 

 from Warwick to Rowington, the Birmingham and 

 Warwick Canal; from Rowington to Wootton Wawen, 

 the Birmingham and Stratford Canal ; from Wootton 

 Wawen to Alcester, the road from Wootton to Alcester ; 

 and from Alcester the turnpike road to Birmingham. 



This is roughly the foundation of the North War- 

 wickshire country. After two seasons Mr. Selby 

 Lowndes moved to the Atherstone country, and 

 Mr. Baker succeeded him, and entered upon his 

 successful mastership. 



