THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



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the hounds, and his days are not too distant for those of 

 my readers who have followed the pack for some years, 

 to remember the many excellent runs, for the pleasure 

 of which they have been largely indebted to his work. 



I may just note one or two of the principal things 

 "the Warwickshire" did during his time. On 

 December ISbh, 1866, they ran from Ufton Wood to 

 ground at B>ddiagcou. This was a grand run over a 

 splendid grass country as my readers, I have no doubt, 

 know well. The next day they met at Swalcliffe and 

 found a fox at Wiggintou Heath. A run without a 

 check to Swerford Osier Bed, in|the Heythrop country, 

 followed, the member of the tribe, which was tailless, 

 being pulled down in the field beyond, after thirty-three 

 minutes. 



On December 17th of the same year they had a fine 

 day's sport from Billesley Hall and were running all 

 day, and after settling to a hunted fox ran a very fast 

 fifty minutes and killed. It was too dark to count tl)e 

 hounds. He was killed between Oversley Wood and 

 Alcester, seventeen miles from the kennel?. 



On the 2l3t of the same mouth, the meet was at 

 Kineton House, and another fine day ensued. They 

 ran into their fox by moonlight at Faruborough, Mr. 

 Bolton King, Mr. Harry Over and the huntsman being 

 the only ones up when the fox was killed. On 

 February 22nd they had a good day from Farnborough. 

 It was a fine scenting day and after a good run the fox 

 was killed, a second from Chamberlin's Gorse being 

 run to ground at White's Bushes without a check. 



On October 25th of 1867, they met at Alveston 

 Pastures and after running in covert for three hours 

 got away with an old fox and ran for fifty-five minutes 

 as though they were tied to the fox, over a rough 

 country, running into him one field from Pillerton 

 Gorse. This was a grand performance. The bitch 

 pack was out, and only the huntsman and one whip 

 were up when the hoauds killed their fox. 



Mr. H. Spencer 



Lucy. 



1866-1876. 



A good run from 

 Ufton Wood. 



From Wiofginton 

 Heath. ^ 



A f]ne day from 

 Billeslev Hall. 



moonlight kill 

 and a meet at 

 Farnborough. 



A rough line from 



Alveston. 



