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seconded by Mr. D. Bennett, the Rt. Hon. 

 E. P. Bouverie, M.P., was elected President 

 of the Hunt in his place. On the proposition 

 of the President, seconded by Sir Robert 

 Throckmorton, the following resolution was 

 unanimously passed : " The members of the 

 Old Berks Hunt, on this the first occasion 

 of their meeting since the lamented death 

 of E. Martin-Atkins, Esq., their President, 

 cannot refrain from expressing the unfeigned 

 sorrow they feel at the loss of one so con- 

 spicuous in their neighbourhood for those 

 qualities that adorn the country gentleman 

 and sportsman ; and in respectfully tendering to 

 Mrs. Martin-Atkins and her family their heart- 

 felt sympathy in their affliction, the members 

 hope they may be permitted to assure her 

 how eminently their late President had 

 secured the regard, respect and esteem, not 

 only of those immediately connected with 

 him in the Hunt, but of all who lived within 

 the sphere of his influence." 



With the spring of 1863 Mr. Duffield's 

 most successful Mastership came to a close 

 as brilliant as the opening. On Monday, 

 February the 7th, 1863, the hounds met at 

 Black Bourton. A fox was found at Lew 

 and closely followed to Witney, on through 

 Leafield, Wychwood Forest, and killed in the 



