On Tuesday November 10th, a small field met the pack at Wroxton New Inn. Amongst them were the Misses Fitzgerald, North, Allfrey, Messrs Aplin, Dickinson and Pratt, Mr and Mrs Percy Page, Mr, Mrs and Miss Court &c. A hare was prettily found on Mr Court’s farm near the meet, and with a good scent the pack raced away with glorious music over the Shutford Road and down the hill swinging left-handed along the brookside pointing for Shutford. Here was a short check, but Giles soon recovered the line and they went smartly over the brook and up the hill pointing for the Shutford-Epwell Road. Then they ran two large circles towards the brook. During the last circle a fox crossed their line and hearing hounds near at hand the pack was stopped, and the Warwickshire swept by close to Alkerton village with another fox they had brought from Oxhill and had beaten off the horses and killed their fox very handsomely on Mr Andrew Fox’s farm a few fields on. The bassets then hunted their hare over the hill and over the Shutford Road almost to where they had found her. Here they checked again, and unfortunately getting onto the line of a fresh hare Lord North stopped them at Balscote. A capital hunt of just over three hours.

On Saturday November 14th the meet was at Shotteswell. The field that met them comprised the Misses Fitzgerald, Messrs Aplin, Dickinson, C. Gibbs, White, Spencer and Turvey. Lord North was unfortunately unable to be out, and so missed what was probably the best day’s sport his pack has yet shown. A hare was found at once on Mr Brain’s (late Mrs Corbitt’s) farm, and went merrily down the hill pointing for Angel’s Piece but turned left-handed down the vale, and passing Farnborough and under Bitham crossed the road and over Mr Bawcutt’s farm, leading the pack over Camp Lane and Mr Coggin’s Rectory Farm, crossed the Warwick-Banbury Road, and leaving Page’s Gorse on the left again sank the hill and repeated the circle, but passing nearer to Farnborough and Bitham, and Giles stopped the hounds in the dusk at Warmington. All the hounds were up at the finish and carried their sterns gracefully over their backs as they journeyed home after a three-and-a-half hours’ hunt. The scent was good and also the pace throughout.