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may be repeated that the two Stanton Woods are 

 neutral with the Bicester; while Horton W^ood is 

 hunted by that pack up to Christmas, after which it is 

 taken over by the South Oxfordshire. Waterperry, 

 Shabbington, and Oakley Woods belong to the latter. 

 The principal meets for the Quarters are Holton 

 Stonepits, Forest Hill, Stanton St. John, Stow Wood, 

 Park Farm, and Menmash Guide Post. Several of 

 the Friday coverts are close to Oxford, to wit, Head- 

 ington Wick, Stow Wood, Noke, Woodeaton Stow, 

 and the Elsfield coverts ; and a fox running over the 

 Marston Meadows will sometimes go quite into the 

 suburbs of the town. Shotover, Brazenose AVood, and 

 Open Magdalen are also quite close to Oxford (the two 

 last being, as above-mentioned, generally drawn on 

 a Monday) and a fox may be found within a few 

 hundred yards of the Brigade Depot — the soldiers of 

 which are, of course, staunch friends of foxhunting. 



Of the Chiltern Hills all that need be said is that 

 Nettlebed and Chinnor Hill are about the only regular 

 fixtures — and hounds are seldom advertised to meet 

 beyond the brow. 



