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a half. A second hare was put up on Swanboro' Combe, 

 which went down the steep descent at a terrific pace,, 

 and raced over the beautiful downs for a full hour, 

 being finally run into and killed. This was a glorious 

 but not unusual specimen of the sport which Mr. 

 Steyning Beard shows to those who ride with the 

 Brookside. 



On Saturday last the Brighton Harriers met at 

 Southwick Common, and arriving at the appointed 

 place, Sherwood was to be seen with sixteen-and-a- 

 half couples of hounds in fine form. Very well horsed 

 was this clever huntsman, who carries the horn now in 

 place of Mr. Dewe, who, in ^consequence of a fall at 

 the close of the last season, is not quite up to the 

 mark at present. Owing to there being a near meet 

 of the Southdown the field was far smaller than 

 usual, numbering from fifty to sixty only. An old 

 adage, however, may be applied to the absentees, viz. 

 "that their room was better than their company." 

 I mean only in respect to sport, for very large fields 

 are not conducive to it. The master was present on 

 wheels, and many amongst the regular riders with this 

 pack, well mounted and hard to beat over the steep 

 downs. At a signal from Mr. Dewe, Sherwood pro- 

 ceeded to draw for a hare in a piece of rape close to 

 the Windmill, when in an instant up jumped puss and 

 ran, at a slapping pace, straight for Mannington's 

 training-stables, then doubling back she crossed the 

 Shoreham Eoad, bending to the right, and running 

 over Thunder's Barrow, over Cock-a-Roost Hill, the 

 hounds bustling her so hard that she sought refuge in 

 the well-known fox covert, Tenantry Furze, where 

 they left her. This was a pleasant run. The scent 



