CONTENTS. 



Chapter I. 



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Barrington Hall — Lady Warwick and her Horses^Goldfinch and 

 Athboy — A Small Field — How about those Greens ? — Horse- 

 frith Park — R. Y. Bevan — P. S. Lee — Xmas Greetings — David 

 Christy, junr. — IMaybelle — David Christy, senr. — There are 

 worse things than a blank day — Ford Barclay — Snap Shot — 

 Safety in Numbers — The Cream of the thing — Sheila — George 

 Hart on the Knight — Quick Wood — Fyfield, 28th December, 

 1895 — ^- ]• Dunlop on Peggy — The Great Run from Forest 

 Hall — The Osiers — Keep a bit up your Sleeve — Over the Ford 

 — The Die is Cast— The Race for Blake Hall — Half the Hounds 

 — The Pick of the Basket — ^Ir. Bevan Plumps for the Kissing 

 Gate — Hospitality at Harden Ash — Up-wind to Maries — The 

 pace ultra — Duck Wood — Mr. Avila holds up his Hat — The 

 Indications of a Good Run — J. G. Pelly and his hunter Snow- 

 storm — A Second Run — A Rough Line — A Broken Collar Bone 

 — After one of Mr. Bury's Foxes — A Fall over Timber — The 

 Handy Doctor — Moreton — The Surprise Packet — General Sir 

 Evelyn Wood, V.C. — Vagabond ... ... ... ... ... i 



Chapter H. 



Hallingbury Place — A Record Season — -Bailey's Skill as a Hunts- 

 man — The Gilbey Lead — Parndon Woods — Gerald Buxton goes 

 Home too soon — His Reverence gets his blood up — John Archer 

 Houblon — A Run in the Fog from Balls Hill Wood — A Clue at 

 Last — Into the Warren — Not a Soul with Them — Stag v. Fox- 

 hunting — Mr. Docwra's Timber Jumper — Miss. A. N. Docwra's 

 " Larry" — Tawney Hall — The Fatter they are the better they 

 go — A quick thing from Mills's Fagot Stack — " Daylight " — 

 Mrs. Upton's "Fairyland" — Shrove Tuesday, i8g6 — Rev. G. 

 Ward Saimders on " Cockie " — The Essex Union — Hutton 

 Checkers — Mr. Wm. Gardiner and Dr. Carter — Park Hill Wood 

 — The Point-to-Point Races in i8g6 — The Price and Barclay 

 Match—" Spitfire "—Mr. T. Milbank's " Sir Frederick "— 

 "Bright Light" — ^Audley Blyth on "The Actress" — Epping 

 Long Green — A Day on the Grass — The Gregory-cum-Cook 

 corner — " Kathleen " — The Key to Deer Park — Follow the 

 Mate — Charlie Webster — A Trying Run — Theydon Grove — 

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Chapter HI. 



William Dalton — James Christy — "Narcissus" — "Comet" — G. H. 

 Lee — " Rosabelle " - Bob Ward — Mr. Parry — Loftus Ark- 

 wright — Sam Block — P. Saunders — " Needle Gun " — Washing- 



