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to him at the top of the hill, Mrs. Bennett hesitating for a second to jump 

 out, Mrs. Ball well up, and the Master taking a bank with some awful 

 rabbit holes in it, and a big drop^" Joseph " followed him — ere hounds turned 

 again towards Monkhams, and two lines were indicated, one up the 

 park, and the other towards Warhes. Too late the huntsman clapped 

 forward at the gallop on the last one over a good line of country, 

 but beyond Obelisk Wood nothing came of it — except the fun at the 

 brook. Miss M, Buxton's chestnut not being the only horse that nearly 

 came down. 



Evolution " 



" Evolution," the property of Mr. Alfred Poole, of Chelms- 

 ford, winner of many prizes in the show ring at Waltham 

 Abbey, Harlow, Woodbridge, and Colchester. 



Again to Galley Hills, and this time for a change, and to mark the 

 uncertainty of a fox's line, hounds came away without their huntsman. 

 Leaving Deer Park on the left, they ran beautifully over the big pastures 

 for Shatter Bushes, Mr. Tyndale White taking a nasty toss over some 

 timber as they rounded the cover, and without dwelling a second, went 

 slap through it, crossed the gravel lane (the fox only a field in front of 

 hounds), and over the holding pastures, where many being reduced to a 

 trot unfortunately missed one of the prettiest parts of the run, for there 

 was no chance whatever of making up any lost ground at the pace hounds 

 were going. Just touching the further corner of Deer Park, they were 

 away over Galley Hill Green, and with a piping hot scent were flinging 

 over the big pastures beyond as fast as we could get to them, the youngest 

 of the Hunt staff boldly making a hole in the done-up fence into the lane, 

 the Admiral further simphfying it, and "Catapult" not touching a stick. 



