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All extensive run 

 from Charle- 

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Wood and they got away very fast to Itchington Holt. Hon. W. H. J. 

 Here they dwelt for a few minutes, and afterwards ran 1862-1866. 

 as hard as they could go to Burton Dassett where he 

 went to ground in Knott's Spinney after a good run of 

 fifty minutes. 



On December 20th the meet was at Wolford Wood A unique field, 

 and the field reached the astonishing number of tivo. 

 This extraordinary turn out at a Warwickshire meet 

 was accounted for by the fact that the ground was 

 covered with snow, but Sir Charles Mordaunt and Mr. 

 Miller, who did not allow their comfort to lessen their 

 ardour for the chase, were rewarded with a good hunt- 

 ing run of one hour and twenty minutes, which 

 extended first of all towards Adlestrop. then back to 

 the Wood, out again through Aston Hales, and passing 

 Ditchford, to ground in Paxton Blakemore. 



On January 16th, 1865, an extensive run was 

 obtained from Charlecote Park. Three were found 

 in the Gorse and the hounds ran off very fast by 

 Sherbourne, through Grove Park and on to the canal. 

 Up to here the time was thirty-five minutes. They 

 then hunted him slowly by Kenilworth and lost him 

 in Woodcote Park. 



,0n Tuesday, January 17th, after a couple of short 

 hunting runs in and out of Wolford Wood they found 

 an afternoon fox at Weston and ran up to Barton, 

 they then turned back through Wolford Wood, then 

 by Adlestrop and on by Chastleton Grove, where 

 it was thought they changed, and afterwards to 

 ground near Long Compton. On the 7th of the fol- 

 lowing month a very fair day was enjoyed over almost 

 exactly the same ground. They found in Whichford 

 Wood and ran back through Weston Park, over the 

 road, then to the right along the brook to Whichford 

 village, through the Wood to Barton Grove and 

 to ground at Adlestrop. During this season the 

 hounds hunted six days a week. The season's work 



More sport in the 

 Weston district. 



