2 62 Tally ho. 



ground at Brannston. I was glad to hear that a sub- 

 scription is now being made for the restoration and 

 replanting of ^'^ Cook's Gorse/' which is situate close 

 at the back of Hillmorton village. 



The position of this cover is extremely good^ and, 

 doubtless, when it is replanted and preserved, we 

 shall find the benefit of it, and have as many clinking 

 good runs from it as we have had in former times. 1 

 was told that already several subscriptions have been 

 paid into Lloyd's Bank at Rugby by gentlemen resi- 

 ding there, and by others who make it their head- 

 quarters for the hunting season; and as this is a 

 most important feature in connection with the sport 

 of this district, I will take the liberty of saying to 

 those who have not as yet contributed to the fund for 

 the re-establishment of this home for vagrant foxes, 

 " Go thou and do likewise." In the evening I had 

 the pleasure of attending the Rugby Hunt Ball at the 

 Town Hall, the elegant decorations of which I de- 

 scribed in an account of the Grand Masonic Ball, at 

 which I was a guest, on the previous Tuesday evening, 

 Upwards of two hundred visitors were present, the 

 gentlemen, in the uniform of their respective " hunts,'' 

 adding greatly to the beauty of the scene ; and the 

 ladies, the elegance of whose attire baffles my de- 

 scriptive powers, left nothing to be desired, save and 

 except the pleasure of dancing to the splendid music 

 of the Duke of Rutland's band with one of the 

 graceful and elegant girls who represented the beauty 

 and fashion of Rugby and its vicinity ; and he must 

 have been made of exceedingly dull metal who did 

 not feel the pulsations of his heart quickened as he 

 listened to the strains of the most fascinating and en- 



