262 THE ESSEX FOXHOUNDS. 



Mr. Percy Tippler. Of the others, Sweetwood alone 

 finished. The Light Weight Hunt Cup and Welter Cup 

 Races were poorly contested, as nothing finished except 

 the winners — True Love and Duchesse, each carrying the 

 same rider as at Stonclon. During the following season, 

 Mr. George Sewell and Duchesse had a perilous ad- 

 venture whilst following hounds near Epping. The 

 mare was taking a fence in her usual bold style, when 

 wire, unseen by her rider till it was too late to check 

 her, became entangled about her, and brought her down. 

 Mr. Sewell had a wonderful escape from injury, though 

 his coat and saddle-Haps were torn to ribbons. The 

 poor mare was terribly lacerated, and so completely 

 unnerved that for three weeks .she could not be left 

 alone, day or night. Yet, by assiduous care, she has 

 been enabled to carry her master to hounds again. 



In 1894 the Point-to- Point Races were held on March 

 2nd at Great Easton, over a course about four miles in 

 length consisting entirely of ploughed land, on which the 

 going was very deep. As in the two previous years, the 

 Red Coat Race was run in two classes, the Light Weight 

 class being" won by Major Carter on Spitfire, and the 

 Heavy Weight class by Mr. " Darnley " on Woodside. 

 Mr. "Darnley" also finished first for the Farmers' Cup 



