1845.] OF HAMPSHIRE. 163 



showed his science. Approaching Mr. Pole, 

 he took off his cap, and said, " Sir, the main of 

 the pack are on an old fox. May I order the 

 five couples on the cub to be stopped, and try 

 our luck on an evident flyer ?" For he saw 

 he was an old one by the way he ran the rides. 

 Adamson was a «;ood rider and a good servant, 



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and gave universal satisfaction. 



At this time the pack had somewhat de- 

 generated, but they did their work gallantly. 

 The old Duke of Beaufort helped Mr. Pole 

 with some good hunting hounds, and intro- 

 duced the badger-pied sort ; before this they 

 were all black-pied. 



Mr. Pole had the Vine only one season, and 

 "it is due to him that, never having been a 

 master of hounds before, he merely took the 

 management until a successor to Mr. Chute 

 could be found." — NimrocVs Reminiscences. 



In the Sporting Magazine (October, 

 1825, p. 393) is given the conclu- tour in the 



. New Forest. 



sion of Nimrod's tour in Hants. He 

 says : " The road from Melton-Mo wbray to 

 Lyndburst, the head-quarters of that country, 

 being two miles nearer through my own stable- 

 yard than by any other route, my horses re- 

 freshed themselves for a few days in their own 

 stalls, and arrived at Lyndhurst on the 10th of 



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