210 SPORTING REMINISCENCES [1825 to 



A Sweepstakes. 



Mr. John Henry Campbell's b. m. Mystery ...(Owner) 1 1 

 Mr. Turner's b. m. Miss Freedom (Mr. Hall) 2 2 



" The company was very numerous, and in- 

 cluded the Turkish Ambassador, Namik Pacha, 

 and his suite, accompanied by Mr. Stewart 

 Hall, at whose house at Northam he was 

 staying. ' ' — Hants Chronicle. 



The system of turf reporting, even up to the 

 present time, was very inaccurate ; in most 

 cases the rider of the winning horse only was 

 given, and it has been with some difficulty 

 that the names of the gentlemen riders and 

 jockeys have been obtained. 



183K The Hon. George Augustus Cra- 



November. ven, who resided at Brambridge, now 



CrTven's kept a pack of stag-hounds, and had 



stag-bounds. severa i good runs. Brambridoe was 



formerly the property of the Wells family, from 

 whom it descended to Mr. Charles Smythe, 

 who died in 1832, and left it to his nieces, the 

 daughters of Mr. Walter Smythe, who died in 

 1822. Mr. Craven married, December, 1833, 

 Georgina, daughter of Mr. Walter Smythe. 

 His eldest son, Mr. W. G. Craven, who married 

 a daughter of the Earl of Hardwicke, now 

 hunts at Melton, and has a fine stud of horses 

 there. On the 23rd November Mr. Craven 



