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The best attended meets are generally those near 

 Newbury, which bring in the South Berkshire men ; 

 while the Down meets attract many from The Old 

 Berkshire ; and the Rockley side, again, will often 

 tempt some from The Duke of Beaufort^s. But on no 

 occasion are the Craven fields really large. 



Savernake Forest is no longer hunted by The 

 Craven, as the maps referred to would lead one to 

 suppose ; but its wooded and well rided depths 

 provide sport for The Tedworth in autumn (when they 

 go there for a continuous fortnight), winter, and 

 spring. The Craven often find themselves in it — as 

 they meet on two sides of it. Mildenhall, for 

 instance, is only just outside; and a fox from the 

 Borders is as likely to cross the Kennett and make his 

 way into the Forest as to mount the hill and 

 embark on a trial of speed across the Marlborough 

 Downs. 



The Kennels are admirably situated to command the 

 country ; and we may well take them as a central point 

 in fixing the whereabouts of some of the chief meets. 



Sir Richard Sutton hunts four days a week — 

 Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 

 which, with occasional variation are generally distri- 

 buted as under : 



Monday is probably near at home, or to the south of 

 the Kennels and of the Bath Road. Benham Park — 

 the residence of the Master and three miles from 

 Kennels — is often named. It has many coverts, and 

 of course many foxes — among the former being Scots 

 Wood, Wickham Heath, &c. Hamstead Park is 

 another fixture; and Stype Wood (Rev. H. MitchelFs) 



