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the last olive branch ! The onl}- regret was that not more of our young mem- 

 bers were there to enjoy the good run. As we should have had to go quite five 

 miles back, and hounds being handy for home, the Master decided not to draw 

 again. Storm. 



Mr. Turbett relates, from his diary of 1874, t'liat, on Thursday, 26th Nov. 

 in that year, he was present at Broxton, at a joint meet of the R.R.B. and 

 the Chester Beagles. Each pack furnished a number of hounds, ]\Ir. Bagnall, 

 of the Chester, was Master in the field, and Howarth, the Chester luintsman, 

 hunted the hounds. In the evening, there was a dinner at the Broxton 

 Hotel, at which Col. King, of the R.R.B., presided. There is no record of 

 the sport on this interesting occasion, the only item of intelligence being that 

 snow lay on the hills, 



