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short, and the hunting dropped to two days 

 a week, and at last the hounds were sold. 

 Major George Willes of Hungerford Park, 

 and Captain H. R. Seymour of Crowood, then 

 took the country, and began with some hounds 

 given to them by Mr. Assheton Smith. The 

 northern part of the country they gave up to 

 Mr. Morrell, who hunted it every Saturday, 

 sending his hounds up in the van purchased at 

 Sir Richard Sutton's sale. 



Clark showed his first great run on Novem- 

 ber 28th, 1853, when they ran from Hatford, 

 through Faringdon Grove to Appleton Com- 

 mon ; another excellent run the same year was 

 from Wytham to Buckland. On November 

 22nd, 1854, the meet was at Cokethorpe ; they 

 found at Boy's Wood, ran through Lew, 

 Haddon, Black Bourton, Alvescot, Clanfield, 

 over Radcot Bridge, skirting Faringdon 

 Grove, and to ground in Rivey main earths. 

 Another run was described as "short in its 

 record though sweet to all who could live 

 through it," viz. : found at Hendred Cowlease 

 and killed in Hinton Park. In 1856 they 

 found at Buscot and the hounds were stopped 

 near Cirencester. February, 1858, found at 

 Betterton and killed on Appleton Common. 



A curious incident that occurred at Yelford 

 is related by Mr. Lenthall. The hounds ran 



