GENERAL SIR EVELYN WOOD, V.C. 



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but a hang-about fox was brought to book, and the folly of letting go the 

 reins when you turn head-over-heels was once more fully demonstrated. 

 Goodness knows where the brown horset would have gone to if it had not 

 been for the plucky action of a carter some miles from the King William ; 

 he was cheaply recovered at 5s. 



The pleasantest feature, the best omen of the whole day, was the presence 

 in our midst of that straight rider to hounds, General Sir Evelyn Wood, 

 V.C, for we were all anxious about our kith and kin across the sea.t 



General Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C. 



This excellent likeness of the General, as we know him in 

 the hunting- fields of Essex, was taken early one morning in 

 '97 in the stable yard of the " King William," just as he was 



f Berserker. 



J The Transvaal trouble. (It came to a head at last in the autumn of 1899, and alas! 

 many a cheery and gallant comrade with whom we have been privileged to tide side by side 

 we shall never see again). — Ed. 



