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covert and away for No Man's Land, where 

 they killed him. Whose fox it was, no one 

 could determine ; but we understood that 

 Lord Gilford had only found his fox about 

 twenty minutes, whilst Sir John Cope's hounds 

 had been engaged with theirs for upwards of 

 an hour. However, it did not much signify 

 whose it was, the hounds killed him, and the 

 greatest harmony prevailed. The way in 

 which Jem Shirley dropped the command of 

 his pack when they joined, being ready to 

 turn the hounds to Lord Gifford if required, 

 was the admiration of every sportsman out, 

 as well as the handiness shown by the hounds 

 in coining away, when mixed, at the end of 

 the day's sport." 

 March. ]\/[ r Walter Long gave up the 



The Ham- o & 1 



biedon. Mr. management of the Hambledon 

 master. hounds, and was succeeded by Mr. 

 Smith, who became master of this pack for 

 the second time. 



Members of The following gentlemen were 

 elected elected members of the Hambledon 



£f Hunt during the time that Mr. 

 mastership. Smith was master. 



Mr. Erasmus Sanders, Hill House, Ham- 

 bledon. 



Captain James Alley ne, Exton House. 

 Captain Alexander Alleyne, Exton House. 



