The Bicester and Warden Hill Hunt. 185 



THE BICESTEE AND WAEDEN HILL 

 HUNT.* 



Of all tlie good grass countries of England, none is so 

 easily accessible from London as the Bicester, and 

 none is better provided with convenient quarters. 

 Two hours^ journey will land you at the towns of 

 Bicester, Buckingham, Brackley, or Banbury, all of 

 which are excellent bases from which to hunt with the 

 pack in question, and offer a variety of choice besides. 

 Of these, Bicester is undoubtedly the most central, 

 being as near the middle of the country as a country 

 so straggling and tortuous can be said to have a middle. 

 It is only some three miles from the main Kennels, at 

 Stratton Audley ; commands all four days of the home 

 pack, and has its Wednesdays with the Heythrop or 

 Duke of Grafton, and its Fridays with the Dake or 

 South Oxfordshire, to fill up the week — besides the 

 opportunity, if desired, of a weekly gallop with the 

 Barents staghounds. Many Oxonians keep their 

 horses at Bicester, or even hire there — Oxford itself 

 being just outside the country, and commanding its 

 best meets only by rail. Buckingham has the packs 



* Vide "Stanford's Large Scale Map," Sheet 16; also, 

 " Ilobson's Foxhunting Atlas." 



