1845.] OF HAMPSHIRE. 227 



" Sir John Cope had a brilliant run a . _ 7 



1 Sir John 



from Bucklersbury. The fox, after Cope, 

 skirting Yattenden, ran to Compton from Buck- 

 and Aldworth, over the Ridge Downs 

 to Unhill Woods on to Blewbury, and was 

 killed after a run of three hours, and a dis- 

 tance of twenty -five miles. Of those who got 

 to the end. were Messrs. Padbury, Larkham, 

 William Strange, Gellnie, Lancelot-Halton, 

 and Nevis." — From BelVs Life. 



"The Vine met at Bramley, and, The vine, 

 after a sharp run of one hour and a ^o m 1<th ' 

 half, killed at Silchester, in a house Biamle y- 

 belonging to Mr. J. Newnham. So pressed 

 was the fox, that, seeing a door open, he 

 entered, ran up-stairs with the hounds at his 

 brush, and was factually killed in a bedroom." 

 — From BelVs Life. 



Cecil, the able correspondent of 1840 

 BelVs Life, and author of "Hunting Mr. Asshe- 

 Tours," paid a visit to Mr. Assheton country 

 Smith and the H. H. during this CeciL 

 year, and he says in the Sporting 

 Magazine, p. 344 : 



" Hampshire, at all events the greater part 

 of what Mr. Assheton Smith hunts, is anything 

 but a good country ; the woodlands are very 

 extensive. Foxes are numerous, consequently 



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