. Annals of the Warwickshire hunt, 1795-1895, from authentic documents. Horses; Hunting. ; THE HILLMORTON Rim. 167 a covert, thev had to l)e got aAvav from it with a hiro-e field out. Many of the field may have thus heen taken (piite unawares, and, not gettmt)- a start, never caught the hounds. There can be no doubt that the great i-uu lasted about fifty , up to the first check on the Hemplows, and that the time of one hour and twentv-five minutes in Stevens' diary was taken up by the pack running this stout fox again from the hills, iu the direction of Stamford Hall and Welford
. Annals of the Warwickshire hunt, 1795-1895, from authentic documents. Horses; Hunting. ; THE HILLMORTON Rim. 167 a covert, thev had to l)e got aAvav from it with a hiro-e field out. Many of the field may have thus heen taken (piite unawares, and, not gettmt)- a start, never caught the hounds. There can be no doubt that the great i-uu lasted about fifty , up to the first check on the Hemplows, and that the time of one hour and twentv-five minutes in Stevens' diary was taken up by the pack running this stout fox again from the hills, iu the direction of Stamford Hall and Welford and back again, 1 efore killing him. I remember Mr. Barnard telling me several years afterwards, when 1 was first out hunting, that this was the best'run the Warwickshire hounds had during liis mastership, and it was over about the finest country in Kngland, and over so wild a line of country that Yelvertoft is the <mly place marked on the ()rdnanee map between Hillmorton and the Hemplows. 'i'lie distance between these two points is seven miles straight. The head of the fox was preserved for many yeai's in the Muniment room at Conipton Verney.—C. M. In those days there certainlv were .SOME 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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