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turningr from a recent run with the hounds, to have a 

 match. To give practical expression to this desire, Mr. 

 fames Scruby readily offered the use of some of his 

 meadow land at Rundells. The idea was then taken 

 up by other prominent members of the hunt, and under 

 the guiding influence of Mr. Loftus Arkwright, the popular 

 master, Major-General Mark Wood, Lieutenant-Colonel 

 Howard, Mr. Hervey Foster, Mr. R. Wood, Mr. P. 

 Nickalls, and Mr. J. Scruby, the original match grew into 

 a well-proportioned meeting of five events. 



" Rundells afforded every opportunity for securing a 

 course representative of a run across country, and the 

 stewards must be congratulated upon the very excellent 

 line fixed upon and laid out, regard evidently having been 

 had to the picturesque in the selection. The course was 

 of a circular form, and commencing on some rising ground 

 on the Harlow side, descended rather sharply into a 

 pleasant vale (which ran about midway through the 

 course), and then continued by a rather stiff ascent to the 

 rising ground on the Epping side, where was the water 

 jump marked by a fence ; the water was about sixteen 

 feet wide. The line then drew down again into the vale 

 and up a very sharp incline, with a fence just on the 

 brow, to the upper ground on the Harlow side. In the 



