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position to Prince George, the heir-apparent, and to seek for 

 fresh hunting fields and pastures new in some other locality.* 

 By the official certificate of the Master of the Royal Buck- 

 hounds, we learn that 58 stags and 22 hinds were killed and 

 hunted by the pack during this year. 



Ascot Races were held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 

 and Thursday, June 17 to 20. On Monday, June 17, a Plate 

 of 50L for horses, etc., that had been in the possession of the 

 owner since January 1 last past, and had been regularly 

 hunted with " the King's Hounds, his Royal Highness the 

 Duke's Hounds, or any real pack of Stag Hounds," and had 

 never won plate or match, carrying 12 stone each, was won by 



1st Ht. 2nd Ht. 

 Mr. Jenison's grey horse, Why-not (late Mr. 



Hartley's, Bashful), got by Cartouch . 1 1 



Mr. Wither's bay gelding, Stag Hunter . . 2 2 



" The odds at starting were 2 to 1 on Why-not, and very high 

 at starting the second heat, which Stag Hunter would have 

 won, it being 2 to 1 on him in running, but he died a Rogue." 

 On Tuesday, 18, a Subscription Purse of dOl. for four-year- 

 old horses, etc., that were the property of a subscriber on 

 March 25 last past, one four-mile heat, carrying 9 stone each, 

 was won by the Duke of Cumberland's bay colt Shock, got 

 by Shock, by beating Mr. Jenison's bay colt Regulus, got by 

 Regulus. The odds at starting were 3 to 1 on Shock. On 

 the same day, a Plate of oOl. for huntsmen, yeomen prickers 

 and keepers of Windsor Forest, weight 12 stone, was won by 



1st Ht. 2nd Ht. 

 Mr. Ives' bay gelding, Warhawk ... 1 1 



Mr. Packet's bay mare. Flora .... 2 2 



Mr. Johnson's grey gelding, Viper ... 4 3 



Mr. Oanadey's [Kennedy] chestnut gelding, 



Pickpocket ...... 3 dr. 



* In the first week of March it was publicly announced that the Duke of 

 Cumberland was fitting out a hunting-box near Basingstoke, Hampshire, 

 '' where kennels are provided for 160 couple of Foxhounds to hunt 3 Days 

 in a Week during the Season ; and about 50 couple will always be taken into 

 the Field. " 



