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THE WARWICKSHIRE ftOUNDS. 



Lord 



WiLLOUGHBY DE 



Broke. 



A first-rate day 

 at Idlicote. 



From Ufton 

 Badby. 



that the noble master and his followers regained 

 their position. The hounds had the run pretty 

 well to themselves, for it soon afterwards came to a 

 conclusion with blood at Prior's Marston. But the 

 disappointment of the morning was more than made up 

 for t>y the gallant thing of the second part of the day's 

 work, when experience had taught the riders that they 

 must drive well ahead and banish ideas of *' gate-ing " 

 and " cutting" if they would not again lose the pack. 

 It was a Shuckburgh fox, and he took them at a rare 

 pace down to the boundary brook, and by Newbold 

 Grounds up to Oatesby. They still drove ahead, as if 

 for Badby Wood, which they reached and passed 

 through, and went on nearly to Preston Capes, finally 

 having to give him up after some twisting and turning 

 near Charwelton. It was, however, a capital run, 

 mainly a grass one, and presenting by op means easy 

 fencing and water-work, which latter especially made 

 it a lively one for a great many out. 



The sport during this and the following season was 

 of a very good character and was well maintained, as 

 my readers, no doubt, know from experience. 

 After a good cubbing, |the season 1889-90 opened 

 capitally, and sport was admirable. On November 

 12th, the meet was Idlicote and a first-rate day 

 ensued. Getting the hounds on the line of a fox, 

 they went from Idlicote House as if Eatington Park 

 was his point. Two fields from here a fox jumped up in 

 a stubble field and went away at a clipping pace, up 

 the Stratford Road for some distance, and then by the 

 Oxhill covert, without a check, by Compton Wyniates, 

 Broom Hill and past Epwell White House where he 

 contrived to save his brush after one hour and thirty- 

 five minutes. From point to point the distance was 

 eight miles, but as houuds worked it, it was some- 

 where near twice that distance. 



An extraordinarily good run ^was that which?took 

 them from Ufton Wood to Badby Wood, on Thursday 



