216 SPORTING REMINISCENCES [1825 to 



mittee appointed for managing the affairs and 

 funds of the club were Admiral Sir Win. Gage, 

 Lord Rodney, Major Barrett, the Hon. Wm. 

 Gage, Colonel Gauntlett, Mr. William H. Hey- 

 sham. Mr. John T.Waddington was appointed 

 secretary, and held that office till 1840, when 

 Mr. Walter Taylor succeeded him. The kennels 

 were removed from Harmsworth to Cheriton. 

 c . T . Sir John Mill, Bart., of Mottis- 



Sir John " " 



Mm, Bart., font, who had bought the Sandbeck 



took part of c 



the Hursiey nounds, and engaged bawyer as his 

 huntsman, applied to the H. H for 

 leave to hunt their Hursiey country, west of 

 the Itchen. This request was complied with, 

 the H. H., however, reserving to themselves 

 exclusively Norwood, Crab Wood, Worthy 

 Groves, the Race-course, and the Crawley 

 belts as far as Chilbolton, and the right of re- 

 suming the Hursiey country at any future period. 

 Major Barrett, as master of the H. H., hunted 

 all the above-named coverts until 1840, when 

 they also were handed over to Mr. White of 

 Ampfield, and then hunted by permission. 

 Major Major Barrett held the H. H. until 



vants. 1842. In his first season Foster was 



his huntsman, Tom Beal and Robert Shepherd 

 were whips ; in the second, Jack Shirley and 

 Richard Hall whipped in. Foster left in April, 

 1840, and Shirley succeeded Jiim. 



