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home. Mr. G. F. Crowdy met with a nasty 

 accident, his horse fell at a fence near Hatford, 

 and the rider was considerably injured and laid 

 up for some weeks. 



The annual Hunt Dinner took place at 

 the Crown, Faringdon, on the 24th March, 

 the Host being the celebrated John Dale, 

 the former Huntsman to the Hounds. A 

 run, which is described as extraordinary, took 

 place on the loth of November in the same 

 year. A fox was found at Shrivenham. He 

 went through Stainswick, Ruffins Wick, 

 Idstone to Ashdown House : passing in front 

 of the house he made for Rockley Copse, 

 doublinor back to Ashdown and on to Ash- 

 bury again then back a third time to 

 Ashdown, through the coverts. Here poor 

 Reynard had apparently had enough, and, 

 in making for covert, he was killed at the 

 Haugh, after a capital run of two hours. 

 The year 1866 was that of the cattle plague ; 

 the country was almost in panic, and the 

 severest restrictions on the movement of 

 cattle were introduced by the court of Quarter 

 Sessions. 



Mr, Greaves bade farewell to the Hunt as 

 Master at the annual dinner at the Crown 

 Inn, Faringdon, on Wednesday, April the 

 4th, 1866. His horses and hounds were 



