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LEAVES FROM A HUNTING DIARY 



too grateful. At times, indeed, we should have been very 

 badly off for the raw material had it not been for the Colonel 

 and his father, that grand old sportsman, the Rev. F. Fane, 

 whose portrait will be found on page St,, vol. i. 



" Ruby," an Irish cob with plenty of Irish fun in her, by 

 " Bonny Charley," carries her owner splendidly with hounds. 

 Mrs. Fane, like her husband, is fond of the chase, and 

 possesses a charm of manner in the hunting field which, if few 

 can emulate, all can admire. 



Mrs. F. J. Fane on " Ruby " 



Nettleswell X. Capital letters ! if you please. Sir ; this year as 

 last. For have we not had another great day from this fixture? A 

 day which, if not so good as last year when we ran from Latton Park, 

 and killed at Matching Hall, will still be remembered as something far 

 above the average, and on which it will always be a pleasure to look 

 back upon, and no effort to recall. 



As usual on a Wednesday, there was a very representative field out, 

 well mounted and well attired. We are always glad to see a man on a 

 young one who doesn't mean business come out in mufti ; it saves a host 



