130 THE ESSEX FOXHOUNDS. 



safe where I reside ; but as I know a fox killed is two 

 preserved, I fear I shall have to put on mournino-. Insert 

 this letter please, sir, for the good of the cause. Perhaps 

 you may infuse a little spirit into our good old English 

 sport. I hate to see the noble science degraded by the 

 slackness of its professors. 



" I am. Sir, 



" Your servant, 

 " Park Wood." "Now an Old Fo.x. 



It was at the time an open secret that the writer 

 of the above letter was none other than the late Rev. 

 F"rederick Fane — the "Parson" Fane of the Essex Hunt. 

 Mr. Arkwright did not, of course, relish having his 

 establishment thus held up to ridicule, and so what- 

 ever may have been Mr. Fane's feelings towards Mr. 

 Arkwright personally, it seems pretty clear that the 

 master harboured just a slight resentment against the 

 interference of his clerical brother. On one occasion when 

 the Essex Hounds ran a fox to ground in Poles Wood, 

 Mr. Arkwright was for digging him out. Mr. Fane 

 protested and high words passed between them. An 

 estrangement of long duration followed, but in the end 

 they became the best of friends. 



