HARK A WA V. 



CHAPTER I. 



A GOODLY GATHEKING. 



pIONGST the Dumerous meetings which 

 are held in London at this season of the 

 year, there is not one more practical, or 

 more entitled to consideration and re- 

 spect, than the annual assembly of masters of hounds, 

 huntsmen, and whips that takes place at the Sub- 

 scription Rooms at Albert Gate, which are kindly 

 placed at the disposal of the committee by Messrs. 

 Tattersall, on the occasion of the annual meeting of 

 the Hunt Servants' Benefit Society. Amidst the 

 bustle and excitement of an eventful week, time is 

 yet found for this benevolent object. 



The day between the Derby and Oaks being a 

 comparatively leisure time, the opportunity is seized, 

 as an advantageous moment for such a gathering 

 by reason of the great number of M. F. H. and 



