4 LEAVES FROM A HUNTING DIARY 



Fast at first and slow at the end, it was a most enjoyable gallop, and 

 amply rewarded all those who had borne the burden and heat of the day — 

 fourteen all told, saw the finish — Mr. R. Y. Bevan (who, in the absence 

 of both masters, was in charge for the day), Mr. H. J. Price, Mr. P. S. 

 Lee, Mr. L. Marriage, junr., Messrs. E. and D. Christy, Mr. Gosling, Mr. 

 Craig, Mr. Gibson, Messrs. Carr (two), Mr. Hollebone, a gentleman on a 

 bay, Major and Mrs. Ricardo and Mrs. Upton. During the run it was a 

 perfect treat to see the keen way in which young Mr. Marriage rode to 

 hounds on a marvellously clever little bay, and some very funny fences 

 had to be negotiated, I can assure you, for the gates didn't lie handy when 

 we crossed the roads and lanes. This is the second time quite recently 

 that a fox has been found in his father's covert, which is scarce a stone's 

 throw from the house. 



Roland Yorke Bevan 



The Poet Laureate of the Hunt and the popular Hunt 

 Secretary in the year 1897, which office he has held, in con- 

 junction with Mr. Tyndale White, for many years, is one of the 

 most popular as he has been in his time one of the hardest 

 riders with the Essex Hounds. Kind-hearted and generous 

 to a degree, he has done a good deal for hunting in Essex, and 



