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THE WARWICKSHIRE HOtJNDS. 



Hon. vv. H J. 



North 

 1862-1866. 



Bad scent. 



A good run from 

 VVroxton. 



A day from 

 Shuckburgh. 



Fifty minutes 

 from Chester- 

 ton. 



The season 1864-5 opened on November 7th at 

 Walton. J. Sullivan had replaced Hayger as second 

 whip, otherwise the stafif remained the same The 

 scent throughout this season was very bad, except for a 

 period lasting from December 5th to the 20th and on 

 some rare occasions afterwards. 



On Friday, November 4th, the meet was at Wroxton 

 and the master again hunted the hounds. A find in 

 Lord's Spinney gave them a good thirty-five minutes 

 to Cropredy, where they lost, but more work was 

 done with one afterwards found at Withycombe. He 

 went away through the Park, past Drayton, leaving the 

 Barleymow close on the right, and on close by Hanwell. 

 Then on and over the brook and across the turnpike 

 road by flardwick, down to the railway, across which 

 and the canal he went. He had now entered the 

 Bicester country. Passing Williamscote he gave them 

 a check for a few minutes, but they hit the line again 

 at the other side of the lane, and going on passed the 

 far end of Chipping Warden and turned into Edgcote 

 Park, running him to ground in the main earths on the 

 hill after a run of one hour and forty-five minutes. 



On December 5th, the first fair scenting day they 

 had had that season, the hounds met at Ilmington and 

 had a succession of short runs. On the 8th of the 

 month the meet was Lower Shuckburgh. They found 

 several in Caldecote Spinney and got away with one up 

 to the hill. They then turned sharp back and went 

 away for Flecknoe and over the brook, leaving 

 Braunston to the left, by Staverton Wood, and on to 

 Badby village. Here there was a longish check, but 

 they finally went away through Badby Wood and 

 Fawsley Park and eventually marked him to ground 

 in a drain in a farm yard between Fawsley House and 

 Badby Wood. 



On December 15th, the meet was Chadshunt and a 

 fiud was effected, but the field rode the hounds off the 

 Hue. Another find, however, took place in Chesterton 



