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Duchess, was uncarted a few days since at Norwood 

 Hill, near Horley, and went away for twenty minutes,, 

 taking to the water, in which she remained for somo 

 time. The pace up to this point was terrific. Emerging 

 from the waters of the brook in which she had re- 

 freshed herself, she went away at a racing pace, and 

 was not captured until Daddies Hill, in Ashdown 

 Forest, was reached, a distance of twenty-five miles 

 from point to point. Out of a large " field " a few 

 only were up at the finish, Hickman (the huntsman),. 

 Mr. John Percival, and Mr. Walter Norris being in 

 time to secure Brown Duchess after this wonderful 

 chase; Mr. W. Kobinson (the late master), Mr. Wm. 

 Morris, Mr. Geo. Morris, and Mr. W. H. Moore were 

 the only other horsemen who lived throughout this 

 remarkable run. The Surrey Staghounds are a very 

 fine lot of animals, with great power and ability 

 to stay, as this run proves ; the deer are a fine 

 lot, both stags and hinds being in first-rate condition^ 

 affording many clinkers over this varying country. 

 That well-known sportsman, Mr. Richard Rawle, whose 

 hounds hunt the country in the vicinity of Berkhamp- 

 stead, has shown the followers of his clever pack of 

 staghounds some very good runs; one, when a hind 

 recently purchased from the herd which I saw taken 

 a short time back in Thorndon Park, was uncarted, 

 verifying a prediction I made, that it would take a 

 good deal of time and all that noted sportsman's skill. 

 to capture her when turned out before his pack. The 

 red- deer of the herd which Lord Petre has recently 

 broken up are noted, Sir Nathaniel de Rothschild 

 having several ; and Boreham, who hunts Lord Caring- 

 ton's bloodhounds, tells me that he has had some o 



