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a new-painted gate at any time of the clay. 

 The Hon. W. Gage, Mr. George Delme, and 

 Mr. Meares ride very well to hounds." 



Mr. Abraham M r - Abraham Pole (brother to Sir 



TflLTilr Peter Pole ) of West Ham > near 



hounds. Basingstoke, on the death of Mr. 

 Chute, succeeded as master of the Vine. " The 

 hounds were kept, not by annual subscription, 

 but on condition of Mr. Pole receiving a sum 

 of money from the gentlemen of the Hunt, for 

 the purpose of building a kennel and pur- 

 chasing horses." — Sporting Magazine, vol. xvi. 

 p. 47. 



Richard Mr. Pole built kennels at West 



Adamson. Ham H brought Richard Adam- 



son, the celebrated huntsman, into Hants. 

 Adamson lived before with Lord Scarborough 

 and was once with Mr. Musters, and he learnt 

 his first lessons in hunting from his father, who 

 hunted Sir John Dashwood's harriers, near 

 Bourton-on-the-Hill. Will Burket, late with 

 Mr. Chute, was his whip. Adamson was a 

 grand huntsman in woodlands ; almost on his 

 first dav he showed oreat talent. During the 

 cub-hunting season they had a clipping run 

 from Pamber Forest, and ran from scent to 

 view on Cannon Heath (where the race-horses 

 now train) in fifty minutes. In the Forest he 



