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and one half couples of English hounds, including two cou- 

 ples of Welsh hounds imported last year, were kennelled at 

 Radnor, his horses at the Phillips stable near by, while my 

 good wife and I had the honor of putting him up. 



The country had been very dry for the past two weeks 

 and scenting conditions practically nil; but such is luck, 

 and, sorry as we all were, we could n't help it. 



There was a representative field of seventy-five at White 

 Horse this morning for the first Middlesex meet, Higginson 

 hunting hounds himself, and turning his outfit out on 

 greys, made a very smart appearance. He was riding "Lon- 

 don Smoke" and had Will Leverton as pilot; but luck was 

 against him, for he found Pratt's Wood, Delchester, But- 

 ton's Mill, Miss Hook's, Fairy Hill, and Bryn Clovis all 

 blank. Then a fox was viewed away from the meadow back 

 of the Klemm Farm. Higginson lifted his hounds to the 

 view, they owned it at once, and running with good voice, 

 carried it up the meadows to an old hollow and dead chest- 

 nut tree, where they marked their fox under. It was de- 

 cided to smoke him out, and, after much waiting and specu- 

 lation, Mrs. Paul Mills gave a splendid view holloa, and 

 out ran a field mouse. No fox appeared, so hounds were 

 taken over to the Barrens, while some of us stayed behind 

 to watch the tree, and very soon Miss Gertrude deCoppet 

 saw our fox peeping out. He made a break finally, pointing 

 south. "Pick" Harrison went after hounds, and, Higgin- 

 son galloping them back, capped them on, when they 

 carried it back to the meadow where they had first found, 

 and then gave it up. 



Among those out were: B. Chew, M.F.H.; Bob and Mrs. 

 Strawbridge; Harry Harrison; Dave and Mrs. Sharp; Mrs. 

 Mills; Mrs. Victor Mather; the Misses deCoppet, of New 

 York; the Misses Cassatt; Fred and Mrs. Sturges; Ned 



