250 SPORTING REMINISCENCES L1825 to 



the master, Mr. Onslow, Mr. Marx, and Will 



Cox, the huntsman." — Belts Life. 



" The same day, Captain Lindsay 

 Dec.Vth,' ' Sneddon's hounds met at Vinney 

 mT s r™ ey Eidge, and found in Horme Hill a 

 fine fox, who went over Feltham 

 Flats, through the Eagle's Nest to Fritham, 

 Fordingbridge, to Bratley Water, and was run 

 into after fifty-five minutes' racing. Amongst 

 those up were the master, Colonel Robbins, 

 Mr. Compton, M.P., Mr. H. Compton, Mr. 

 Buckworth Powell, Mr. R. Carnac, Sir Henry 

 Paulet, Bart., Mr. Martin Powell, and Mr. 

 Mackinnon." — Belts Life. 



" As Mr. Barton Wallop's groom 



Extraordinary L ° 



leap, was exercising two hunters, a dog 



Dec. 2nd. & ° 



jumped out of a hedge and started 

 the horses. They overpowered the groom, 

 and, after running a mile and a half, came to 

 the St. Cross turnpike-gate, which they both 

 jumped at the same moment (the groom riding 

 one and leading the other), and they cleared 

 the gate, which was six feet high. Neither 

 the man nor the horses were in the least hurt." 

 — Belts Life. 



Picture of An excellent picture, representing 



"The Duke's the Duke of Wellington at a meet of 

 Hunt." ^he y me Hunt, in Hurstbourne Park, 



