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Wednesday^ Friday, and Saturday, arranged mucli as 

 follows : — 



Monday is generally for tlie eastern hills and the 

 woods of Idsworth and district, or, as it is more often 

 termed, the Horndean side. Idsworth House is the 

 seat of Sir C. Jervoise, the oldest subscriber, and, 

 with his son Col. Jervoise, one of the staunchest sup- 

 porters of the Hunt. He has many large woods with 

 plenty of foxes in each. Besides Idsworth, Horndean 

 is a frequent meet hereabouts — for Horndean Holt 

 etc. Butser Hill and Highden Wood are also often 

 advertised — the latter being a large covert, with hills 

 and light ground close at hand. Barn Green, Water- 

 loo Inn and Leigh Park (the seat of Sir F. Fitz- 

 wigram) are the chief meets for the old Forest. 

 Occasionally Southwick Park may be fixed for a 

 Monday — giving the vale country on that day. But 

 more often Wednesday is the day for the Vale, and 

 for such meets as Holywell House. Here they have a 

 string of nice coverts (Queen^s Liberty the largest) 

 bordering the stream that runs from north to south 

 of the country, and where foxes are always to be 

 found. Nearer Fareham is a good and frequent 

 fixture. Old Vine, with nice vale till Portsdown Hill — 

 a kind of frowning seawall — is reached. From little 

 Park (the property of a good sportsman, Mr. C. Ead- 

 clyffe) , you get into some woods of considerable extent,, 

 such as Hall Court and Fairthorns. Swanswick is an 

 occasional meet beyond the railway towards Netley. 



The alternate Friday is for the Preshaw side, and 

 again for hills and strong woods. There are several 

 of the latter on the Preshaw estate, with^ of course. 



