Five hundred gentry from all over the isle came last week to the sandstone-walled Shire Hall of Warwick to revive an institution and toast the fox-hunting season. It was England's first Hunt Club Ball since 1939.
Oldtimers could complain that something was missing. Champagne and luxury limousines were war victims; women had to wear their "1938 best"; high taxes had forced the Warwickshire Club to sell admission tickets for the first time in history. But much glitter had survived.
Members of the Hunt in bright-colored coats whose facings identified their clubs (Warwick's black and...
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