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were killed, one at the " Lamb and Flag," 

 the other at Hatford. 



At the end of the spring season of 1875 Mr. 

 Dufifield resigned, and Lord Craven continued 

 alone. Thus the partnership, which had pro- 

 vided excellent sport for the country for seven 

 years, came to an end. 



During Lord Craven's mastership, his hunts- 

 man was John Treadwell, with James Hewgill 

 as ist whip, and Joe Laurence, now huntsman 

 to the Oakley, as 2nd whip. 



Mr. T. Duffield's talent for the use of 

 choice hunting language had not languished 

 for want of practice. Indeed, it had become 

 recognised as a joke in the country and 

 notorious in the neighbouring hunts. The 

 Duke of Beaufort, in the Badminton series, 

 says : " Those who have enjoyed the pleasure 

 of a gallop from, say, the Blowing Stone 

 to Wantage, will never forget it ; particularly 

 if they should happen to have come across 

 the path of the Master, Mr. Tom Duffield." 

 Some Oxford undergraduates who had ex- 

 perienced his reproofs, took their revenge by 

 dubbing the Old Berkshire the " Old Blas- 

 phemers," and the countryside became full of 

 stories of the redoubtable " Mr. Tom." For 

 instance, a fox had been killed, and a couple 

 of yokels sitting on a gate were requested by 

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