264 THE OLD BERKS HUNT 



Corn Exchange, on February the ist, 1872. 

 A singular incident took place on February 

 the 8th. The meet was at Badbury Hill. 

 The hounds had run to Coleshill, and thence 

 to Buscot. Treadwell was making a cast in 

 the park, when suddenly the V.W.H. hounds 

 came in sight in full cry, and in an instant the 

 two packs amalgamated and ran the fox into 

 and through the woods, and killed at the 

 Bushes. The V.W.H. hounds had found their 

 fox at Crouch, and ran by way of Inglesham 

 to Buscot. Another curious occurrence took 

 place at Buscot about the same time. The Old 

 Berks met at Coleshill. Mr. Stuart Campbell 

 was out. As it was probable the hounds would 

 run to Buscot, luncheon had been prepared 

 for the hungry hunters by Mrs. Campbell 

 at the house. In the course of the day, 

 however, the V.W.H. hounds ran their fox to 

 Buscot, killed there, and then came in and ate 

 up the lunch prepared for the other hunt. It 

 was not until Mrs. Campbell enquired if any 

 one had seen her son, that the fact of a 

 strange hunt having been entertained came out. 

 The " Old Berks Hunt Steeplechases " were 

 held at Baulking on March the 7th, 1872 : 

 7,000 people are said to have been present. 

 A mistake was made in the preparation of one 

 of the water-jumps. The banks had been cut 



