224 SPORTING REMINISCENCES [1825 to 



sir John " ^ir J° nn Cope had a grand run 



Cope from Dogmersfield to Ewhurst : only 



Dec. 22nd, ° # \ ■/ 



from Dog- Messrs. Pigott, Bazalgette, Davidson, 

 Dobson, Shirley the huntsman, and 

 Neverd the whip, saw it. The distance was 

 eighteen miles." — Bell's Life. 

 Mr. c. w. On Mr. Wyndham's resignation, 



Sf n M r. C. W. Codrington succeeded as 

 n. f. h. master. He resided also at Burnford 

 House, Bramshaw. 



His servants. His huntsman was George Whit- 

 more, who was afterwards with the South 

 Berks and in Cheshire. His whip was David 

 Edwards, commonly called and known as 

 " Humpy David," who, in 1842, went to Mr. 

 Assheton Smith ; and then to Mr. Montagu 

 with the South Berks, where he gave great 

 satisfaction ; he also went into Cheshire, and 

 was in that country at the time of " the 

 difficulty." 



Mr. Codrington was a thorough sportsman, 

 and very gentlemanly in the field. 



" On November 20th, the N. F. H. met at 

 Rhinefield ; found near Lyndhurst, and ran 

 very fast through the New Park Inclosures, 

 then away over the open, leaving most of the 

 field inside, as fast as the hounds could run 

 up to Heathy Ditton, and killed as he was 

 crawling over a bank. This was a very quick 



