270 SPORTESPB REMINISCENCES [1845 to 



scarlet. The supper was provided by Gunter 

 of Berkeley-square. 



Meet at a On the following morning, the 



andMion of hounds met at Cranbury Park, where 

 Fe r b. e i3 acks ' a grand breakfast was provided. At 

 1846 - the particular request of Mr. Cham- 



berlayne, a novel exhibition took place, by the 

 junction of drafts from three packs of hounds, 

 seven couple from each r from the H. H., Ham- 

 bledon, and Hursley. They all met in the park, 

 near the house, and were separately paraded 

 and inspected by the company, amongst whom 

 were several masters of hounds. The hounds 

 were then put together, and, by general con- 

 sent, Squires, the huntsman of the Hamble- 

 don, was chosen huntsman in chief, Captain 

 Haworth and Mr. Robert Cockburn accom- 

 panying him into the covert at the bottom of 

 the park, where they soon found, and, much 

 to the amusement of numerous parties of 

 ladies in carriages, the fox ran past the house 

 and over to Cranbury Common. Here he 

 was headed, and again passed the house into 

 Cranbury AVood, and after a run of fifty-five 

 minutes was killed in a very thick coppice, 

 Squires, Captain Haworth r and Mr. Cockburn 

 rushing in on foot to secure the brush, which 

 Squires secured. It was remarked that, when 

 running, the whole pack went well together, 



