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\Vc now come to the, mastership of Mr. W. H. 

 \\ bite, who had previously hunted the PLssex and 

 Suffolk and East P2ssex countries. He carried the 

 horn himself, with Joe Bailey as first whip. We had 

 some excellent sport during his mastership, and no prettier 

 horseman or better man to hounds could you find. We 

 have seen him on some verv awkward ones riding to his 

 hounds as if his mount was perfection. He thoroughly 

 understood the art of hunting the fox. On his taking the 

 reins the country purchased the hounds from Mr. Ofiin. 

 In those days " times were good," and owing to the energy 

 and popularity of Mr. Ind, of Coombe Lodge, who was then 

 Secretary, the money was easily forthcoming, and the pack 

 was then styled " The Essex Union Hounds," which 

 name it retains to this day. In the two last seasons of 

 Mr. White's mastership Dick Yeo whipped in to him, 

 having come from the Essex, where he had been first 

 whip. Joe Bailey had to give up from ilhhealth and 

 increasing years, after thirty-eight seasons in the country. 

 A nice purse was presented to him by the subscribers. 

 He has since died. He was quite a character, and no 

 one knew or ever will know the country and the run 

 ol the foxes as well as he did. His way oi riding to 

 hounds was what Whyte Melville so aptly describes as 



