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present myself at Mildcnhall, prepared to shoot 

 against any champion Lord de Ros brought forward ; 

 that we were to start at sunrise by the watch and 

 shoot until sunset without any halt ; that no dogs 

 should be used, but that we were to walk about forty 

 or fifty yards apart, with two or three men between 

 or on one side of us ; that it was not necessary any 

 birds should be picked up, the umpire's seeing them 

 drop was to be considered sufficient. The bet was 

 200 a side, but to that I added considerably before 

 the event came off." 



The eventful day arrived, and Captain Ross thus 

 describes what followed : 



"We all breakfasted at Mildenhall by candlc-li^ht, 

 and were in line ready to start at the correct moment 

 when (by the watch) the sun had risen, for we could 

 see no sun, as the country was enveloped in mi-t. 

 Colonel Anson was a particularly fast and strong 

 walker, and seemed to fancy he was able to outwalk 

 me. So off he went at 'score' pace (I merely guess it), 

 probably from four and a half to five miles an hour. I 

 was not sorry to see him go off at 'score,' as I knew 

 I vas in the highest possible state of training, and that 

 I was able to keep up that pace for fifteen or sixteen 

 hours without a halt. Everything was conducted with 

 the greatest possible fairness. We changed order every 

 hour ; and as Colonel Anson was quite able to hold on 

 the great pace, we were fighting against each other as 

 fairly as two men could. 



The Colonel had luck on his side, for though in the 

 arrangement of the match as made by Lord de Ros 



