272 THE OLD BERKS HUNT 



Never swerved, and never fell. 



And Fisher, too, with horse so stout, 



With Pinnock there or thereabout. 



Hyde, Adams, John, and his stout brother, 



All went as well as any other, 



Payne, Craddock, Albert Whitfield, Reade, 



Each rode quite straight upon his steed. 



And Wallis, on Old Sportsman bold. 



Could have the mazzard, he was told. 



This ends the run and ends the story. 



May hunting reign in all its glory. 



A most singular incident occurred on March 

 the 29th, 1875, '^^'O brace of foxes being 

 broken up simultaneously ; and what was more 

 remarkable still, in each case one of the two 

 foxes met with his death by drowning. The 

 meet was at Challow. A fox was found near 

 the station, and after a run of thirty-five 

 minutes was killed at Sparsholt. During the 

 run the pack divided, and the other portion 

 ran their fox into a pond near Sparsholt. 

 Both foxes having been thus accounted for, 

 the reunited pack adjourned to Kingston 

 Lisle, where a fox was quickly found, and run 

 into the lake at Woolstone Lodoe. Arain the 

 pack had divided, and again a second was 

 killed, this time at Woolstone Wells. Probably 

 this was a unique record for a single day's 

 hunting. 



The opening meet was on Wednesday, 

 October the 27th, 1875. -^ brace of foxes 



