. Annals of the Warwickshire hunt, 1795-1895, from authentic documents. Horses; Hunting. 206 THE WAEWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1890 run he ever saw, he thinks, was in April. A fox had been killing lambs, and they found him in Gaydon Hill field. It was in 1854. Jones was huntsman, and Mr. Spencer Lucy was out on Tipperary Boy. Mr. Fairbrother was riding Modest Mary, a little bay mare. They ran by Northend, and over Burton and Compton Hills, through Elkington's Spinney, to Wormleighton Reservoir, and under Mrs. Cowper's and Harbage's Covert, but did not enter it. Then straight away back, leaving Fenny Com
. Annals of the Warwickshire hunt, 1795-1895, from authentic documents. Horses; Hunting. 206 THE WAEWICKSHIRE HUNT. [1890 run he ever saw, he thinks, was in April. A fox had been killing lambs, and they found him in Gaydon Hill field. It was in 1854. Jones was huntsman, and Mr. Spencer Lucy was out on Tipperary Boy. Mr. Fairbrother was riding Modest Mary, a little bay mare. They ran by Northend, and over Burton and Compton Hills, through Elkington's Spinney, to Wormleighton Reservoir, and under Mrs. Cowper's and Harbage's Covert, but did not enter it. Then straight away back, leaving Fenny Compton on the right and Knightcote on the left, to Itchington Holt and killed. Mr. Spencer Lucy acknowledged that Mr. Fairbrother had the best of it. He took the brush back to Mr. Tomlin, of Ireland, who had lost the lambs. He never himself rode to London, but often to Southall. He has been forty-five years in the yeomanry, having joined in 1851, and last year passed the medical examination to go on as quartermaster. He is still going strong, is an alder- man of the County Council, and is tlie recognised " time- keeper " of the Hunt, having never missed timing a run or a sermon for forty years. He lives in a beautiful spot at the top of Burton Hill, overlooking the glorious vale, on the other side of which lies THE WELL-KNOWN POOL FIELDS Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mordaunt, Charles, Sir, 1836-1897; Verney, Walter Robert, Hon. , 1846-. London : S. Low, Marston and company, limited
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