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fields of late years is still a matter of conjecture. But there were others 

 besides the Colonel, including both Masters, Mr. E. S. Bowlby, Mr. Ark- 

 wright, Mr. Avila, Mr. F. Ball, Mr. E. A. Ball, Mr. Ford Barclay (hardly 

 recovered from his recent accident through his horse swerving against a tree 

 as he jumped, and to take anotlier roll before this day was over), Mr. 

 Baddeley, jun., Mr. Barron, Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Gerald Buxton, Mr. R. Y. 

 Bevan, Captain and Mrs. Bruce, Mr. David Christy, Capt. the Hon. W. D. 

 Cairns, Mr, W. S. Carr, Mr. T. Cowee (out for about the first time this 

 season), Mr. A. W. Craig, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Crossman, Mr. G. H. 

 Dawson, Mr. A. J. Edwards, Mrs. Fane, Capt. Glynn, Mr. C. E. Green, 

 Mr. Giles, Mrs. Heseltine, Miss Jones (riding her father's big chestnut, a 



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youngster) Mr. G. H. Lee, Mrs. Mcintosh, Miss Morgan, Mrs. Neill, Mr. 

 H. J. Price, Mr. Patchett, Q.C., Mr. Radford, Capt. Ricardo Mrs. W. H. 

 Sewell on " Jack," Mr. H. Sworder, Mr. D. Cunliffe Smith, Mr. Washington 

 Single, Mr. Tyndale White, Mr. J. Tyndale White, Mr. Waltham, and Sir 

 Evelyn Wood, V.C. 



How many of these saw the run 'twould be impossible for me to relate. 

 Doubtless most of them, to their own satisfaction, for when we pulled the 

 fox down at Gaynes Park, the majority were there, so I shall only take 

 liberties Vv'ith the few names that came under my personal notice in 

 attempting to describe the actual line of country traversed by hounds, 

 which if measured straight on the map between the points touched, covers 

 ten miles, and to assume at least twelve in the ^^ min. to Gaynes 

 Park Woods would be no exaggeration. Breaking at the end of the big 

 wood, he made for Ten Acres, and, doubling back almost immediately, Mr. 

 Green, Mr. Tyndale White, jun., Mr. Single, Mr. Bevan, Mr. Avila, and 



