100 SPORTING REMINISCENCES [1800 to 



1820. 



The H. H. Cup was run for on 

 h. h. races Abbotstone Down, October 31st. 

 stone Down, Eight horses started, each carrying 

 Oct. 3ist. twelve stone ; rode by farmers in the 

 Hampshire Hunt. There were three heats 

 for the cup. The first was won by Mr. Trodd's 

 chesnut horse, and the two last by Mr. Curtis's 

 bay mare. The Down was crowded with an 

 unusual number of carriages and spectators. 

 After the races nearly two hundred and fifty 

 gentlemen and farmers sat down to an ex- 

 cellent dinner, served up with great taste by 

 Mr. Hudson, at the Swan Inn 7 Alresford." 



Mr. Trodd lived at Romsey, and hunted 

 frequently with Mr. Villebois ; he had three 

 as fine horses as ever were seen. He was a 

 heavy man, and a good sportsman ; but, run- 

 ning through all his money, he ended his 

 career as a porter on the railroad at Romsey. 



1821. " On Tuesday, February 6, the 



Feb. 6th. H. H. met at the Four Lanes, Beau- 

 worth, and found a fox at Bishop's Coppice, 

 when, after a good deal of hard running during 

 the whole of the day, the fox was so hard 

 pushed that he took refuge in the dwelling- 

 house of Mr. Goodwin of Ovington, actually 

 leaped over the fire, and concealed himself in 

 the chimney, from which he was taken in a 



