^4 HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS. 



On Saturday, April nth, 1880, there wag 

 a good day from the Bull Wood, Hockley, 

 running a fox for two hours, through the Had- 

 leigh coverts, back to Bull Wood, and lost 

 Found again in Merrylands and after running 

 lost him just below Rayleigh. I got a letter | 

 was away in Leicestershire at the time) from thq 

 Master, in which he says: " You will be pleased 

 to hear we have had three really good days.j 

 Tuesday, you know ; Wednesday, a famous run 

 and kill in the open. Yesterday, one hour and 

 upwards with our second fox, and from scent tq 

 view and roll over in the open, making twO 

 brace in three days, and a good run with each of 

 them. To-morrow at Danbury, Wednesday 

 Hadleigh, to close the season, and a meet each 

 day after that at twelve in Rotten Row." In 

 another letter he goes on to say: "A hunt 

 meeting took place at Chelmsford, when it was 

 made known that Captain Carnegy would hunt 

 the County next season." On April 30th he 

 wrote again, " Captain Carnegy is coming to 

 stay with me at the end of next week, and if you 

 have not already deserted the Lawn for Hyde 

 Park, I was thinking I would drive him round 

 one day and show him your country. Could 

 you manage to ask a few of your Rochford 

 neighbours to drop in, so that Captain Carnegy 

 could be introduced to them?" 



After a season's rest, Captain White took 

 the East Kent country, but I do not think he 

 kept it more than one season. His health had 

 begun to fail before he left us. We were 

 riding to a meet and we passed Mr. Coope. 



