. Annals of the Warwickshire hunt, 1795-1895, from authentic documents. Horses; Hunting. A EEMARKABLE LITTEE. 143 Sporting Squire of Admington. After a rather wet night at Upton House, when reproved by Lord Willoughby for not holloaing a fox, he said he could not, as he had lost his voice. When still more peremptorily asked why he had lost it, he answered, in the most unabashed and off-hand manner, " Too much beer night, my lord, and a little gin ! "—W. E. V. One night an unexpected guest slept at Admington. The next morning he was awakened by a bucket of water being thrown ove
. Annals of the Warwickshire hunt, 1795-1895, from authentic documents. Horses; Hunting. A EEMARKABLE LITTEE. 143 Sporting Squire of Admington. After a rather wet night at Upton House, when reproved by Lord Willoughby for not holloaing a fox, he said he could not, as he had lost his voice. When still more peremptorily asked why he had lost it, he answered, in the most unabashed and off-hand manner, " Too much beer night, my lord, and a little gin ! "—W. E. V. One night an unexpected guest slept at Admington. The next morning he was awakened by a bucket of water being thrown over him by Coffey, who did not know that the guest had been put into a groom's room,—W. R. FOX Kepi-odxiced, liy permission, from ii Photoy-rapli by Smartt and Son, now of Leamington Spa. In April a litter of the extraordinary number of eleven cubs was found on the Alveston Hill estate, the j)roperty of J. Hirom, Esq. Neither the vixen nor the dog fox were ever seen near the earth, and the young foxes were fed by Mr. Hirom's keepers until they were old enough to take care of themselves. It was an extremely pretty sight to see them at play, as represented in our engraving, from -a photograph by Mr. Smartt, of Stratford-on-Avon, and many people came long distances to see a sight which might never again be 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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