of a serious nature, that we have heard of, befel Mr. Foley, who had 

 the misfortune to dislocate one of his shoulders. 



Febrvary 22, 1830. — On Monday the East Sussex Fox Hounds 

 met at the Swan, Chailey, they drew the coverts, the south side of 

 the turnpike to the North Common, blank ; then crossed the turn- 

 pike by the King's Head, and drew all the Newick great coverts a 

 blank. At half -past two o'clock the hounds were thrown into Bald- 

 neth wood, opposite the Swan, when at twenty minutes to three, upon 

 the grassy bank, the voice of " Old Griper " pronounced he had 

 unkennelled the vermin ; ' ' hoi I Griper, have at him ' ' said Heiniesey , 

 and have at him they did in good truth, the scent was a merry 

 one, the fox was bold, and broke covert immediately across the 

 enclosures for Newick Old Park ; the hounds were all together and 

 well at him, and away they went ; through these great coverts they 

 rattled him, crossing the road by Longford through these little woods, 

 and then into Barcombe brooks we dashed, crossing the river a little 

 above the Anchor bridge, which was handy for us to go over ; the brooks 

 on the oi^posite side were nearly all under water. Some rode into 

 the ditches, and some out, happy was he that was lucky, and now on 

 for the l*lashett ; up through this great covert they pushed him, and 

 were gone away a field a head when we got to the top of the wood, 

 and on for Cromp's furze field, which they threaded, and this let a 

 batch of the leading horses have a fail* start with them ; now through 

 the enclosures, leaving Horsted to the left, on, and by Mount 

 Ephraim. Here was fox hunting in all its splendour, the hounds 

 running at a rapid pace, topping the hedges three or four couple 

 abreast, and we were obliged to top them too or stop behind — there 

 was no looking for places, but every one obliged to cut out his own 

 line . Captain Croft got an ugly fall and obliged to relinquish the 

 chase. He now bent his line by Framfield Street, as if for P>uxted, 

 when on a little common among some sheep we came to a check of 

 three minutes, a lucky one for Mr. Craven, for his horse was in the 

 ditch and just time to get him out again, when Hennesey di'ew the 

 hounds on the line and away we went again ; he now verged his Ime 

 to the right, and crossed the turnpike near Blackboys, in a line for 

 Barnet wood, but ere he reached that, going up some httle meadows 

 the hounds threw up and were casting, when the fox slipped out of 

 the hedge -row behind them, down the meadow, and was met by a 

 puppy named ' ' Justice ; ' ' here was a regular battle between the fox 

 and " Justice," sometimes one had the best of it and sometimes the 

 other, but now the whole pack had cast back into the field and saw 

 what was going on, came and put an end to this fine chase at half- 

 past four o'clock, through a heavy country, in one hour and fifty 

 minutes, only thirteen horses came in at the death. Mr. Lane 

 exclaimed " this is the finest chase I ever saw in Sussex ; " for my 

 own part it was the favourite chase of my life, the hounds were 

 never off the scent only the three minutes on the comnion, and the 

 horses were in a gallop the whole chase ; it was a trial of strength, 

 nothing but a strong and well -seasoned horse, and a good fencer 

 could go through it, (ah, and though I say it, with a pretty good 



