THE NORFOLK 



wire that fox-hunting there would be very difficult, owing to the fact that 

 hounds would probably get away from huntsman and Field with astomshmg 



regularity. 



The clubhouse, which is in the township of Medfield. is most advanta- 

 geously placed in the middle of the country, and the latter has been very 

 greatly extended under Mr. Vaughan's Mastership. It lies for the most part 

 about Dover. Medfield. Millis. and the towns to the westward of them, 

 although once a year runs are laid in Framingham. on the edge of Middlesex 

 County, in the country ruled over by Messrs. Bowditch and Perkins. Thus 

 the Framingham country may be said to be a sort of neutral ground be- 

 tween the Norfolk and the Middlesex, the latter Hunt sometimes hunting 

 the same country, by invitation of its joint Masters. 



The accompanying photograph gives a very good idea of the kind ot 

 fencing to be met with in a day with Norfolk, and for the trappy stone walls 

 and narrow lanes it has been found that a half-bred horse is best suited. 



Norfolk can probably boast the largest Fields that follow a drag m 

 America, it being no uncommon sight to see from forty to fifty out on a 

 good day: in fact of late years the cramped nature of the country has made 

 it necessary to put a limit on the club membership. 



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