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and on to the Larchmont Swamp, to the Radnor Barrens, 

 and all around there, but nothing could be found, so were 

 taken in. 



The country seemed too dry for hounds to do anything, 

 especially after about ten o'clock. 



Among those out were: B. Chew, M.F.H.; M. R. Jack- 

 son, M.F.H. Rose Tree; Bon and Mrs. Strawbridge; Harry 

 Harrison; Miss G. deCoppet; Miss Ellen Mary Cassatt; 

 Henry Collins; Emanuel Hey; Walter Roach; Walter Jef- 

 fords; Mrs. Paul Mills; Wm. F. Reeve and son; Ned 

 Dougherty; Nelson Buckley; Mrs. Victor Mather; and 

 Mrs. A. J. A. Devereux. 



Thursday, 2yd November, 1916 

 As it had been a very stormy night, with a high wind, and 

 in fact still raining in fits and starts, only a few of the more 

 enthusiastic turned up at the meet; but as it was the first 

 time in several weeks that one could say was a good scent- 

 ing day, Alex. Higginson and I decided to go rain or shine. 

 As it turned out, we were very glad we did, for hounds ran 

 well for fifty-five minutes from William Evans's meadow, 

 where we found at once, going away towards Boyer Davis's 

 wood, turning left-handed, through the farm, on through 

 the wood to a drain on Klemm's drive, where hounds marked 

 their fox under. Klemm's farmer came out to see the excite- 

 ment and, producing a long pole, pushed the fox out; hounds 

 carrying him at a good pace through the swamp again, and 

 back to the Davis Farm, when he turned left-handed, 

 pointing his mask towards the Malvern Barrens, but was 

 evidently headed, for he swung down-country, through the 

 Disston Farm to the meadow at the lower end, then out 

 to the Davis's gateway, where it looked for an instant as if 

 he had gone into the drain; but a self-made cast by the 



