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THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



Hon. W. H. J. 



North. 

 1832-866. 



A. meet at Cough- 

 ton Court. 



and removed his own hounds there with a part of the 

 stud of hunters in 1865, taking Tom Matthews as kennel 

 huntsman and Fred Smith and W. Hemming as 

 whippers-in. Among his meeting places were Billesley 

 Hall, Coombe's Hill, Harvington Cross, Bidford 

 Bridge, Studley, Cooke Hill, Irons Cross, Binton, 

 Crab's Cross, Goomb's Hill, Oversley, Welford, Cough- 

 ton Court, Ragley Park, &c. The days in the 

 Alcester district were Monday, Wednesday, and 

 Saturday in each week, " the Warwickshire " proper 

 hunting the usual Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and 

 Friday, so that altogether there were seven hunting 

 days a week, as both packs were out on Mondays. 

 By arrangement with the master of ** the North War- 

 wickshire " Mr. North gave up his right bo 

 Austy Wood in September, in exchange for 

 Spernal Park, at first only during cub hunting 

 but afterwards for the whole season, Mr. North 

 retaining his right to Austy Wood in Novem- 

 ber, January, and March. By arrangement with the 

 Master of "the Worcestershire," the Lench Woods 

 were made neutral. Both their arrangements, how- 

 ever, were only in force during theii respective master- 

 ships and by yearly letters. Zac Boxall was engaged 

 as huntsman for "the Warwickshire" upon the re- 

 moval of Matthews to Alcester, but he never took the 

 field on account of an accident, and James Wilson, 

 from Durham County, replaced him, with Jack 

 Woodley, formerly of the East Dorset and Joe Morgan 

 from Lord Middleton, as first and second whip. 



A good many excellent days were enjoyed in this 

 district, and great credit was due to Mr. North for 

 the excellent manner in which he hunted it. Of 

 course the greater part of the work was in the woods, 

 bat before leaving Mr. North's period I can 

 give an account of one or two days in the open. On 

 Saturday December 10th, 1864 the meet was at 

 Coughton Court. They found in the park and ran for 



