48 SPORTING REMINISCENCES [1800 to 



CHAPTER II. 



From 1800 to 1825. 



The Hambledon Hunt Club, its Origin— Mr. T. Butler of Bury Lodge, 

 1800— Mr. Compton— Tom Sebright, 1800— Mr. John Truman Vil- 

 lebois, 1802— Mr. Henry Villebois— John Major— Will Biggs, 1802 

 —The N. F. H. under a Committee, 1803— Major Cook of Droxford 

 — "Will Neverd, 1804 — Richard Foster — John Jennings — Sawyer — 

 Members of the H. H. elected when Mr. Villebois was Master — 

 Colonel de Burgh, or Lord Clanricarde, 1806 — Mr. Powlett-Powlett 

 as Master of the Hambledon, 1807 — Will Reeves — Ned Gosling — 

 John Warde and Abbey, 1808 — Mr. Twynam's Harriers, 1812 — Mr. 

 Nicoll of the New Forest, 1814 — Sportsmen in the New Forest — Mr. 

 Joseph Eyles — Mr. Richards of North House, 1815 — Mr. Scotland — 

 Sir John Cope, 1816 — Tom Tocock and James Shirley — Regular 

 Attendants with Sir John — The Bramshill Ale — Mr. A. F. Nunez of 

 Warnford, 1816— Mr. Powlett at Lainston, 1816— H. H. Ball, 1817— 

 The Andover Harriers — Mr. T. Smith's Hunt Picture — Sir Belling- 

 ham Graham, Bart., 1821 — Mr. Osbaldeston, 1821 — DickjBurton and 

 Tom Sebright— Mr. John Walker, 1822— Nimrod— Sir Lucius Cur- 

 tis's Harriers — Mr. C. Shard, 1823 — The Hon. W. Gage's Harriers — 

 Mr. T. Smith, Master of the Hambledon, 1824— Mr. Hale's, Mr. 

 Taylor's, and Mr. Lechmere's Harriers. 



1800. From the original minutes, me- 



Hambledon moranda and agreement, kindly lent 

 Hunt ciub, me b Colonel Butler, I find that " a 



its origin. J 



meeting was held for the purpose 

 of establishing a pack of fox-hounds in the 

 vicinity of Hambledon, as it was the desire of 

 many gentlemen fond of rural sports to have 



