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Guineas; and is gone, as we are inform'd, to Hounslow ; where 



'tis said, he will meet Mr. Roger's Grey Horse, Garland, late 



Sir Ralph Gore's. The Odds are Five and Six to Four on 



Diver against Garland, the first Time they meet." 



Tlie following Horses started for a Purse of Fifty Pounds, 



and came in as follows : — 



IstHt. 2ndHt. SrdHt. 

 Mr. Benj. Rogers's grey horse, Pumpldn, 



late Loi'd Portmore's, got by Steady, five 



Years old 3 1 1 



Mr. Swymmer's Bay Horse, Saturn, Babram's 



Brother, six Years old .... 1 3 2 



Sir Charles Goreing's Chestnut Horse, 



Golden Locks, got by Golden Locks, five 



Years old 2 2 3 



The Odds at starting were on Golden Locks. 



1752. — The Duke of Cumberland occupied his hunting 

 lodge in Windsor Forest during a considerable part of this 

 year. A large body of troops were encamped there through 

 the summer. The Royal Buckhounds met twice a week, as 

 also did the Duke's Staghounds ; and although we can find 

 but few circumstantial records of the runs, it seems the sport 

 was good from the first to the last meet, which was held on 

 Wednesday, December 6. The King did not visit Windsor 

 this year. He did his hunting in Hanover.* According to 

 the official certificate of the Master of the Royal Buckhounds 

 it appears that 49 stags and 16 hinds were killed and hunted 

 by the pack during this year. 



The horse races were held on Ascot Heath in the second 

 week of August, when the programme comprised four events — 

 viz., on Tuesday, the 11th, a plate of 501., "the Property of 



* "His Britannic Majesty was highly pleased with the grand Hunting Match 

 of the Boar, at which he was present on the 21st (of October), in the Forest of 

 Osterwald. The Noblemen and Gentlemen that accompanied him in that 

 Diversion, din'd after 'twas over under five several Tents, which were pitch'd 

 in the Field on Purpose, His Majesty return'd hither (Hanover) that Evening 

 about Five." 



