EARL OF CRAVEN AND MR. T. DUFFIELD 281 



meet was on April the 21st, when they met 

 at the " Fox and Hounds Inn," Littleworth. 

 A fox found in the Grove was killed in the 

 sheepfold at Mr. Chatterton's farm, Wadley. 

 A second fox was run to ground at Pusey, 

 where a third was quickly on foot. He made 

 his way to Hinton and took refuse in the 

 cellar of the house. Treadwell brought him 

 out, and he was broken up on the lawn ; 

 making a total of fifty-five brace for the 

 season. 



It took a very hard frost to stop Lord 

 Craven. Hunt he would if hounds could 

 possibly travel to the meet. Upon one occa- 

 sion the hounds ran a fox along the edge of 

 the lake at Faringdon House, the sheet of 

 water being crowded with skaters at the time ; 

 and it takes a good deal of frost to make that 

 lake bear. Personally he was certainly the 

 most popular Master since " Charlie " Duffield. 

 The yeoman contingent was exceedingly strong, 

 and the Master was always ready with a cheery 

 greeting for everybody. " Hold hard, sir. 

 Hold hard, Mr. Sharpe, sir, I say. Don't 

 you know the rules. What the mischief do 

 you mean by riding across roots like that when 

 hounds are not running ? " said he one day to 

 the late Mr. Benjamin Sharpe, of Shellingford, 

 who was showing the way across his own roots. 



