86 THE ESSEX FOXHOUNDS. 



Dunmow, a partner in Hoare's brewery, and Mr. A. A. 

 Hankey, whose horses stood at Epping, were also promi- 

 nent supporters of the Hunt. This Mr. Woodbridge, or 

 another Essex sportsman of the same name, afterwards 

 managed a pack of foxhounds at St. Omer, which showed 

 very tolerable sport, and killed a great many foxes. The 

 London side of the country was represented by Ball 

 Hughes (known as the " Golden Ball," who, according 

 to Capt. Gronow, rolled along much more evenly when 

 some of the gilt had been rubbed off) of Chigwell. 



The London contingent included a salesman from 

 Smithfield; a tobacconist from Shoreditch, and a fishmonger 

 from Piccadilly; the last named was especially smart on a 

 good sort of horse, but Mr. Conyers once said : " Take the 

 hounds home; there is no scent — ^the country smells 

 of fish." 



There were also horse dealers, such as Haynes, of 

 Riding House Lane, well known about London, with his 

 blue coat and brass buttons, and adviser to the Master in 

 horse buying, and George Orbell, who always turned out 

 as well as anybody. These knowing ones shared with 

 John Wright, the pad-groom, an immunity from the abuse 

 which Mr. Conyers showered upon the rest of the field. 



We trust that room was found in the pictures for 



