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THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS 



Lord 



WiLLOUGHBY D 



Brokb 



AND THE 



Hox. W. H. J. 



North. 

 1861-1862. 



A run from 

 Whichford 

 Wood. 



Death of Lord 

 Willoughby de 

 Broke. 



Gorse and Chadshunt to Kineton Holt. Here a brace 

 of foxes were before the hounds and it was thought 

 a change was eflfected. They ran on up Edgehill by 

 the Sun Rising and were stopped in the dark near 

 Shennington, after having run the time mentioned at the 

 commencement of the paragraph. Had hounds been able 

 to have run on, there is no doubt but what I should have 

 had a considerable run to have chronicled. 



On Friday, March 28th, Whichford Wood was the 

 meet and a fox was found at once, and after a couple 

 of rings, got away by Long Compton, passing between 

 Little Rollright and the Stones to Little Compton, 

 skirting Barton Grove and going on for Wolford Wood. 

 He turned, however, to Chastleton Grove and went on 

 Adlestrop Hill. Here they met "the Heythrop " 

 and the two packs joined together and killed the fox, 

 after one hour and twenty-five minutes, the pace 

 having been very good. A second find took place in 

 Weston Heath, He ran fast through Whichford 

 Wood, up the ridge of hills, past Hook Norton Hill 

 Gorse, and on to Swalcliflfe. Near to Mr. Gulliver's 

 house a sheep dog coursed him and he was lost, 

 after a very fast spin of one hour and forty minutes. 

 The fox was found dead in a field the next day by 

 Mr. Gulliver, not far from Wigginton Heath. The 

 last meet of the season was on the 22nd of April, 

 1862, the season's work having consisted ot 101 days, 

 with 40i brace to hand. 



In the month of June, 1862, the sad event of Lord 

 Willoughby de Broke's death left the Hon. Mr. 

 North alone at'the head of the hunt. His death was 

 quite sudden, as he was at the meet of the Four-in- 

 Hand Club at Hyde Park, on Saturday, the last day 

 of May, and died on the following Thursday. In 

 previous chapters I have referred to the important 

 part he played in the history of " the War- 

 wickshire," but in chronicling the sad event which 



