108 SPORTING REMINISCENCES [1800 to 



Knight, jun., of Chawton Park (high sheriff 

 for the county), was the only one who lived on 

 good terms with them to the last."* — Sporting 

 Magazine ', p. 282. 



"The Hunt races took place on 

 April 23rd 8 ' Winchester race-course, and although 

 the day was very unfavourable the 

 sport was good. Four horses started for the 

 Cup, which was won at four heats, by Mr. 

 Thompson's brown horse Domenichino, beating 

 the Hon. W. Gage's mare, Captain ShirrefF's, 

 and Mr. Villebois' horses. Some of the first 

 jockeys were up on the occasion, including 

 John and Sam Day, Dockery, &c. In the 

 evening there was a splendid ball at the White 

 Hart, attended by all the fashion of the neigh- 

 bourhood." — Nimrod, in Sporting Magazine, 

 p. 8. 



"The H. H. on Thursdav, April 



H. H., run \ 



with, 27th, after a fine run of two hours 



and fifty minutes from Abbotstone 

 Down, pursued a fox to the College Woods, 

 Bighton, where the hounds came to a halt, 

 and the whole field of sportsmen experienced 

 a sudden check. At length a dead well was 

 discovered, into which it was conjectured the 



* It will be observed that this report does not even state where 

 the hounds met. Such was the system of reporting even in 1823. 



