314 SPORTING REMINISCENCES [1845 to 



ment of the chairman, Mr. Frederick Bailey- 

 was unanimously voted to the chair, which he 

 filled most ably. 



Mr. Waii In the month of April, after an 



Hambiedon, excellent season's sport, Mr. T. Smith 

 1852. resigned the mastership of the Ham- 



biedon hounds, and at the same time Mr. Wall 

 gave up the Hursley, and was accepted as the 

 new master. Mr. Wall resided at Droxford 

 during the four years he had them. At first, 

 Charles Champion, who had been Mr. Smith's 

 head man, hunted the hounds, and on leaving he 

 went to the Croxteth harriers, near Liverpool. 

 Mr. Wall's other servants were Henry Nason 

 and William Fisher. Mr. Wall had great faith 

 in the blood of Sir Tatton Sykes, whose drafts 

 he had when master of the Hambiedon. Mr. 

 Wall was not a feather-weight, but was always 

 very well mounted, and being a good horseman, 

 was always with his hounds. Perhaps his best 

 horse was a grey, called the Slasher, own 

 brother to Lord GiiFord's well-known hunter 

 Sam, by Jack Tar. 



Dinner to On March 16th, 1854, the members 



and friends of the Hambiedon Hunt, 

 anxious to testify their esteem for Mr. Wall, 

 their master, invited him to a dinner at the 

 Red Lion Hotel, Fareham. There were about 



