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tillions. Mr. Greaves and his male guests, 

 amonofst whom were Mr. Edmund Lenthall 

 Mr. Kyffin, and Captain PhiHp Wynter, 

 managed to run the omnibus back to the 

 house, when four of his own horses were put 

 in, and the Master himself drove his guests to 

 the ball. The hired horses continued their 

 flight over New Bridge, and were found miles 

 away in Oxfordshire the next morning. 



During Mr. Greaves' mastership a pack of 

 harriers was kept at Woolstone by the Hon. 

 George Brudenell Bruce (known to his intimates 

 as "The Duffer"), eldest son of the third 

 Marquis of Ailesbury. Mr. Bruce had married 

 Evelyn, daughter of the second Earl of Craven. 

 His brother-in-law, the Hon. George Craven, 

 afterwards Lord Craven, was associated with 

 him in the management of the hounds. These 

 hounds often hunted deer. On February the 

 13th, 1864, a stag was uncarted at Coles Pits, 

 which ran by Wick Wood, the brick kilns and 

 Wadley, through Hatford to Buckland Ash- 

 beds, where he was taken, after a run of one 

 hour and twenty minutes. " Bel Demonio " 

 and "Jack of Newbury" were two stags, 

 which always showed good sport with these 

 hounds. 



In 1865 a correspondence arose between 

 Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Harcourt about the 



