8 HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS. 



We must return to the Essex Union 

 Hounds. 



The Kennels were at the Hyde, Danbury. 

 Whether Mr. Scratton took the horn himself is 

 an open question. Will Cross hunted them one 

 season, and it seems likely that Mr. Scratton 

 began to hunt them in 1855: First Whip, 

 John Bann, second whip, Will Cross (Jun.). 

 Colonel Kemble says : " I know John Bann 

 hunted them during the Christmas holidays of 

 1856-7, when Mr. Scratton was laid up with 

 congestion of the lungs." The Kennels had 

 then been moved to Prittlewell Priory. 



Charles Shepherd came as huntsman ist 

 May, 1857. Hagger was first whip. 



Mr. Scratton hunted the two countries in 

 the spring of 1861, and this hunt has ever since 

 been known as the Essex Union. 



Shepherd left 30th April 1862; was suc- 

 ceeded by Nimrod Long ; first whip, Joe Bailey. 



Nimrod Long left 30th April, 1864. 



Harry Rees was huntsman from April, 

 1864, till April 30th, 1869. Afterwards he 

 remained on when Mr. John Offin took the 

 Hounds, 1869 till 1873, with Joe Bailey as first 

 whip. 



From 1873 till Mr. Offin's death in 1875 

 Bentley was huntsman. 



In 1875 Hunting commenced September 7th. 

 Master, Captain W. H. White. Whips, Joe Bailey, 

 Joe Sorrell. 



1876 Capt. White. Whips, Joe Bailey, W. Grayson. 



1877 Capt. White. Whips, Joe Bailey, R. Wright. 



1878 Capt. White. Whips, Joe Bailey, James Crook. 



