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of his brush when, with a desperate effort, he reached 

 the main earths at Heythrop in sight of his eager pur- 

 suers, and after a run of forty minutes without a check. 

 The field at the finish I need hardly add was select. 

 Ned Stevens, the huntsman, and Morris, the first whip, 

 were well carried throughout. Lords Lovaine and 

 Redesdale, Sir Charles Kent, and Messrs. Little and 

 John Lucy, and the Hon. Capt. Foley and a few other 

 members of the Warwickshire and Heythrop hunts 

 comprised those who may be accounted as having seen 

 the last bit of the run. Fortunately the country was 

 light or not even the first-raters could have lived 

 through this "flying" visit to Oxfordshire. 



On Christmas Eve of the same year the meet was at 

 Cubbington Gate. It was a bye-day, but there was, 

 nevertheless, a very numerous field. The Wood 

 immediately provided the material and away they 

 went gallantly for Wappenbury Wood, through 

 which he passed in quick time, making for Frankton 

 but he passed that on his left and went straight for 

 Waverley Wood, where, however, he could not remain. 

 He was viewed away in the direction of Ryton, which 

 he passed and then crossed the Dunchurch road and 

 made for Lewis' spinney, where he adroitly disappeared. 

 One of his fraternity, however, was ready to take up 

 the fun and went off at a tremendous pace for Frank- 

 ton Wood, through which he ran in quick time. He 

 then executed a double and retraced his steps to his 

 old quarters, Lewis' spinney, where the fun came to 

 an end. Altogether the run lasted nearly three hours. 

 The country was heavy and the fences trying. 



Among those who were staying at Leamington 

 during the year 1846 were Mr. Mytton, who gener- 

 ally kept things lively, and Sir William Don. As 

 they, with others, were sitting at dinner at the hotel 

 about ten minutes before eleven o'clock, on the evening 

 of the seventh of February of that j'ear the conver- 

 sation led to the various feats that had been performed 



Mr. Barnard. 

 1839-1856. 



A bye-day at 

 Cubbington 

 Gate. 



Sir W. Don's ride 

 to London. 



