66 SPORTING REMINISCENCES [1800 to 



The Members' Cup. 



Mr. Minchin's b. m. Miss Andrews 12 1 



Mr. Powlett's b. h. Telegraph 2 1 2 



Mr. Butler's ch. h. Crookshanks 3 3 3 



Mr. P. Powlett's Cup. 



Mr. Lavington's b. h 1 1 



Mr. W. Stare's b. m 2 2 



Mr. Hoad's ch. m 3 3 



1807. "The H. H. Cup was won this year 

 by Lord Rodney's Dart beating Mr. Nunez's 

 Somerset and Mr. Yillebois' Fanny. The 

 dinner and ball took place after the races at 

 the George Inn, Winchester, at six o'clock, 

 and the stewards were Mr. Christopher Cooke 

 and the Honourable Thomas Harley Rodney." 

 Mr. Powiett- Mr. Powlett-Powlett now resided 

 ^ThILwI at Lainston, succeeding Mr. Ricketts 

 don country, there, and this year hunted a great 

 part of the country now known as the Upper, 

 or rather Western, Hambledon country, and 

 was master of that hunt until he resigned it to 

 Mr. Nunez, in 1816. 

 TT ,, , At a meeting of the "Society of 



Hambledon ° . J 



Hunt the Hambledon Hunt," held at the 



Red Lion, Fareham, on November 3, 

 he acted as president. 



From advertisements in the Hants Chronicle 

 there appears to have been but three hunt 

 dinners previously, all having taken place in 



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