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the whole pack, with the exception of puppies at walk, had to be 

 destroyed owing to dumb madness. The standard was then raised 

 from 13 to 15 inclies. 



We have now fifteen couple, with few exceptions stud-book 

 hounds. Our kennels are at Garsington, five miles from Oxford. 

 Our kennelman is Jim Clinkard, whose family have held the position 

 for many years. We hunt Tuesday, Tliursday, and Saturday— half 

 days ; i.e. we always leave Oxford at 1.15 p.m. wherever the meet.^ 



Our country is mostly South Oxfordshire, but we also have a few 

 meets in Bicester and Old Berks country. 



The other two packs, as in your letter, are the New College and 

 Magdalen, and the Exeter. 



I hope you will find this information sufficient, but I shall be 

 glad to let you know about anything else you need.— Yours sincerely, 



(Signed) F. W. M. Cornwallis. 



II 



New College and Magdalen Beagles 



blaster: 13 Broad Street, Oxford, 



Lord Congleton. ^^"v. 18, 191L 



Dear Sir— In reply to your letter, I have written the following 

 few remarks about our beagles. If you would like something fuller, 

 I can easily let you have it 



The New College Beagles were started in 1896 by P. W. Nickalls : 

 they were supported entirely by members of the hunt and confined 

 to undergraduates of New College. In October 1897 H. E. Ward 

 took them over, and in January 1898 C. P. Nickalls (now Master of 

 the Springhill) became Master ; in 1899-1900, M. A. Sands ; 1900-1, 

 Hon. J. F. Trefusis ; 1901-2, Hon. H. L. Bruce. In 1902 it was 

 found that the Members of New College could not afford to run the 

 pack l)y themselves, and Magdalen College accepted the offer to join 

 with th(;m. From that time onwards the pack has been the joint 

 property of the two Colleges, and has been known as the " New 

 1 Looks as if thev never cut 12 o'clock lectures ! 



