204 THE ESSEX FOXHOUNDS. 



Hunting was much interfered with by frost, and the hunts- 

 man's leg was broken by a fall, whilst riding at the Hunt 

 Steeplechase Meeting on April 5th. 



1888-9. I' Of this season Mr. Green vacated the position 

 of field master in favour of the master's son, Mr. Loftus 

 Joseph Wigram Arkwright. On the opening day, hounds 

 ran well from Down Hall, throueh Matchino- Park, across 

 a big line of country to Belgium Springs, and on to Harlow 

 Park and Latton Park ; but the season was not a fortunate 

 one for sport, and the run of the season, on March 30th, 

 from Blackmore into the Union county, was most un- 

 happily interrupted by the death of a member of the hunt, 

 who fell beneath his horse with fatal result. 



At the end of this season Mr. C. E. Green again 

 became field master. 



1889-90. Cubhunting began on September 14th, at 

 Harlow Common, and passed off well, cubs being plentiful, 

 particularly at Down Hall. 



The opening day of regular hunting afforded two good 

 runs from Man Wood and Envilles ; and, during the same 

 week, a remarkably good day's sport was enjoyed in the 

 Pleshey country. During the day, hounds ran three foxes, 

 and killed one of them at Broomfield, after forty-five 

 minutes from Pudding Wood. In the evening, they found 



