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THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



Hon. W. H. J. 



North. 

 18(^2-1866. 



Some fast work 

 from Alne 

 Wood. 



At Iioas Cross. 



At Coughton 

 Court. 



They found at once in Studley Osiers and ran 

 like mad past Spernal Park, Alne Wood, 

 and Wooton and then turned for Great Alne and 

 killed him in the mill dam at Grey's Mill. The 

 time was forty-five minutes without a check, and it 

 was one of the fastest runs ever seen. On the 27th 

 of January, 1866, they met at Aston!;[Cantlow, and 

 some more very fast work was done with an afternoon 

 fox from Alne Wood, through Spernal Park, Studley 

 Osiers, over the road, right down the centre ride of 

 Coughton Park to Sambourne. There was a momen- 

 tary check there, but they again went on at a fearful 

 pace and killed him in the road at the bottom of 

 Rough Hill. From Sambourne to Rough Hill the 

 hounds ran* clean away from their followers, who were 

 only up in time to save the head. It was the opinion 

 of the master that it was the best forty-five minutes 

 he had ever seen, and that he could never remember 

 having seen his hounds run so fast as they did on this 

 occasion. The run from Studley to Grey's Mill de- 

 scribed above was completely beaten by it. 



On Monday, February the 5ch, they met at Irons 

 Cross and found in Bevington Waste. Again they ran 

 at a tremendous speed to the Lenches and back over 

 the flat to Goomb's Hill, thrdugh the Slad Woods 

 and over the flat through Weethley Wood, under 

 Thorn Hill into Pearson's Wood, over Ragley Park, 

 and killed him as he got into Lady Wood, after 

 two hours and forty minutes. 



The season ended at Coughton Court on April 5th. 

 They found in Coughton Park and ran out by Billings- 

 borough as if for Alcester. They then turned over 

 the road through Coldcomfort, by Thorn Hill, left 

 Weethly Wood to the left and on over the flat, when 

 close to Inkberrow a violent storm came on and they 

 lost their fox. They found again in Coldcomfort and 

 were stopped after running in it for two hours. 



