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short to the right, went into the back part of Wad- 

 ham College, and was finally taken in the parlour of 

 Mrs, Wall in Holywell, and there bagged. So sin- 

 gular a foxchase was, perhaps, never witnessed by 

 the oldest inhabitant, and a large concourse of people 

 assembled to see him given to the hounds in the 

 fields near Iffley. 



The name "Old Berkshire Hounds" was 



not at that time, however, universally adopted. 



An account of the same run appeared in 



Jackson s Oxford J ou7^nal, of November nth, 



1809. It says : — 



On Thursday last Mr. Symonds's Hounds threw 

 off at Stow Wood and found almost immediately. 

 The fox after running some time crossed the Cher- 

 well, and came down the Parks at the back of 

 Holywell, when he entered the garden belonging 

 to Mrs. Dennis. He was seen on an out-house by 

 a person in the yard and driven off, when he ran 

 up the street as far as Wadham College back gate 

 and passed through the college into the house of 

 Mrs. Wall. Shortly after the horsemen arrived, and 

 Reynard was taken alive, and given to the hounds 

 near St. Clement's turnpike. 



The partnership between Mr. Symonds and 

 Mr. Duffield, however, had a very short 

 duration. Mr. Duffield, like his sporting ally, 

 had hunted more important game than the 

 fox. Marcham Park, which had been let for 

 some time, was now occupied by the owner, 

 Mr. George Elwes, eldest son of the cele- 

 brated millionaire, miser Elwes. Mr. George 

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