MR. CHARLES BOOTH ELMSALL WRIGHT 371 



many years with the Old Berks Hounds, and 

 his untimely death was felt by the Hunt. 



On Saturday, the 19th March, 1904, the 

 Old Berks Hunt Point to Point races took 

 place at Barcote, when between two and three 

 thousand persons assembled to see the fun. 

 There were two races for Subscribers to the 

 Hunt, and two for farmers and puppy-walkers 

 in the country. The course was from Ranti- 

 pole Barn, between Littleworth and Faring- 

 don, over fields in the occupation of Messrs. 

 G. Adams, G. Church, J. Tanner, T. Clack 

 and H. Hutt. The Stewards were Sir A. 

 Henderson, Bart., M.P., Col. C. Hippisley, 

 Colonel Van de Wever, Messrs. C. B. E. 

 Wright, M.F.H., E. P. Crowdy, J. C. Dormer, 

 C. J. Duffield, E. W. Dunn, J. Eyston, E. K. 

 Lenthall, B. H. Morland, W. G. Niven, J. F. 

 Parsons, E. O. Powell. Judge, Mr. R. G. 

 Trollope ; Starter, Mr. E. P. Crowdy ; Clerk of 

 the Scales, Mr. Fred Jenkins ; Stakeholder, 

 Mr. Harley Bacon. 



Before the races commenced a luncheon was 

 given to upwards of five hundred farmers and 

 puppy-walkers. The Master, Mr. Wright, 

 presided, and on his right and left were Mrs. 

 Cowans, Mr. J. C. Dormer, Miss Stewart, Mr. 

 W. Van de Weyer, Mrs. Stewart, Mr. E. K. 

 Lenthall, Mrs. R. G. Trollope, Mr. W. G. 



