1845.] OF HAMPSHIRE. 175 



The place of meeting was Flower Down, near 

 Winchester. This being the first time of our 

 stag's performance, he did not show us much 

 sport. He v/ent away very unwillingly for 

 Crawley Warren, which he seemed very anxious 

 to enter, but did not attempt the pales. Here 

 it was supposed by many that he would be 

 taken, but I was prepared for another start, 

 and he went away for about three miles at his 

 very best pace, with one couple of hounds close 

 to his haunches, and all the rest some distance 

 behind. He was with much difficulty secured, 

 and after being blooded in the tail, soon re- 

 covered himself; and I was sony to hear that 

 he seriously injured the elder Sharp that even- 

 ing in the paddock. 



"Mr. Shard has, I understand, fifteen deer 

 in his paddocks at Somborne House, but is 

 very short of hounds, having been obliged to 

 get rid of several of the old North Devon 

 pack, who were gotten below the mark ; and 

 I should not suspect the Hampshire flints 

 agreed with hounds of this great size. He 

 has, however, had some small addition to his 

 pack from his Majesty's kennel." — Sporting 

 Magazine, p. 61. 



On the 11th November Mr. Shard turned 

 out on Ball Down, in the presence of a very 



