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Ball was held at the Corn Exchange, Faring- 

 don. The attendance was small. 



An excellent run took place on Monday, 

 January the i8th, 1869. The meet was at 

 Childrey. A fox was found at Woodhill. He 

 was quickly away across the farm and Wantage 

 turnpike road, to and through the Sparsholt 

 Home Coppice and Park, then up the hill, 

 leaving Kingstone Lisle to the right and Mr. 

 Atkins' gorse to the left. He then crossed the 

 Blowing Stone Hill, nearly at the top, going 

 straight on the side of the hill nearly to Fawler, 

 leaving the coppice to the right, over the canal 

 to Kingstone spinneys. The scent being good 

 the pace continued very fast. Leaving Challow 

 station to the left, he returned to his favourite 

 haunt Woodhill, but was pressed on again to 

 Grove, where he turned to the right over the 

 canal, straight on to Letcombe Regis, up the 

 hill to Letcombe Bowers, where a short check 

 occurred. The line was soon hit off, and away 

 they raced across the downs to a small planta- 

 tion close to Lambourne, where he was killed 

 after a run of three hours and eig-ht minutes. 



The Queen's Buck Hounds, under the 

 Mastership of Lord Cork, met at Goosey Green 

 on Tuesday, February the 23rd, 1869. The 

 meet was fixed for noon, but for nearly an 

 hour before people began to arrive from every 



