THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



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CHAPTER XV. 



Good sport — some members op the hunt— a 

 splendid day from upton wood— lord wll- 

 loughby de Broke— Mr. H. Spencer Lucy — 

 Mr. Henley Greaves — George Wells— Jem 

 Hills — the boundary road — a run into the 

 Heythrop country— Mr. Gulliver. 



The record of local foxhunting during the season The season's re- 

 1846-7 shows that " the Warwickshire " took the ^^{gie 7 

 premier place among local packs for the sport they had 

 shown. Their season's work represented 39J brace, 

 while " the Heythrop " showed 30| brace and Mr* 

 Drake's 24 J brace. 



At the annual hunt dinner held on November 2l9t, The Hunt Dinner 

 1849, with Mr. Barnard in the chair and Mr. Bolton 1849. 



King in the vice-chair, the following members of the 

 hunt were present — Lord Guernsey, M.P., Lord Vil- 

 liers, the Hon. W. H. Leigh, the Hon. Mr. Finch, 

 the Rev. John Lucy, Mr. H. C. Wise, Mr. Mark 

 Phillips, Mr. Parker, Mr. H. W. Allfrey, Mr. Glad- 

 stone, Mr. Darwin Galton, Mr. Cowan, Mr. Earle, 

 Mr. Sheldon, Mr. J. Arkwright, Mr. Reid, Captain 

 Musgrove, Mr. Granville, Mr. Clark Ramsey and Mr. 

 Joseph Townsend. 



On the 26th day of the same month the run was one of 

 the best ever enjoyed in Warwickshire and one, 

 which, if the fox had not been repeatedly headed, 

 would have resulted in a line, the extent of which, 

 would have equalled and beaten the long runs I 

 have already chronicled. The meet was at Napton- 



