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beside the master. It is needless to say that these included 

 Mr. James Christy and Mr. William Blyth. Time, two 

 hours and twenty minutes. Point, sixteen miles. 



This run was said to be the hardest for horses, hounds, 

 and men that could be remembered within twenty-five 

 years. The line of country in the earlier part of the run 

 was much the same as that of the run with Mr. Lottus 

 Arkwright's hounds, described on pp. 146-149. 



Excellent sport has been enjoyed during the following 

 seasons down to the present time. One of the best days 

 was December 19th, 1893, which was described as follows 

 in the Field : — 



" Fssex Staghounds. — Tuesday, December 19th, will 

 be recollected as a red-letter day, as we scored a really first- 

 rate run. Leaving Mashbury Mill with a numerous field, 

 we hunted somewhat slowly for three or four minutes 

 towards Pleshey, but coming to a view we simply raced, 

 leavino- Hioh Easter on the left, to the north of High 

 Roding Street — a good four mile point in very quick time. 

 Here the usual thino" with staohounds would have been to 

 stop the pack for a breathing space, but the master never 

 allows this ; and I have never seen these hounds stopped, 

 and attribute their keenness and hunting powers a good 

 deal to this fact. From here, after a semblance of a 



