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this year; and they were held at Fareham, 

 and the George Inn, Hambledon. Sir Robert 

 Calder of the Holt, Mr. Richard Goddard, 

 Mr. F. King, Mr. Moses Hawker of Cattis- 

 field, Sir Thomas Champneys of Exton, and 

 Mr. Thomas Thistlethwayte, were stewards. 



"The Hambledon Hunt Cup was soberton 

 run for on Soberton Down, which ^ s ' 5 

 was won by Mr. Dillon's bay mare." 1807 - 



Will Reeves was now Mr. Powlett's win Reeves. 

 huntsman ; Sawyer and Ned Gosling whipped 

 in. 



Ned Gosling is a son of old Phil xed 

 Gosling. He was first in Mr. Dilly's Goslins ' 

 stables at Littleton ; then went to Mr. Powlett- 

 Powlett; then for a time to Mr. J. T. Ville- 

 bois ; and next to Mr. Nunez, at Warnford, 

 as groom and second horseman, in whose 

 service he remained until that gentleman's 



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death, in 1829. Since then he has lived with 



Doctor Crawford, at Winchester. Nothing 

 gives him greater pleasure than to talk over 

 the exploits of his former days. 



Mr. Powlett occasionally stopped for hunting 

 at North House, near Broad Halfpenny Down, 

 while he hunted the Hambledon country; 

 and is also said to have resided at Meonstoke 



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