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were among the few out to enjoy a moderate day's sport. Biked home 

 again," WilHam leading old " Berserker " back. 



Wednesday, February 2nd, 1898. After luncheon I rode out with 

 William in the direction of Galley Hills, and met E. Cockett hacking 

 home. He said that hounds had had a very good and quick thing up-wind 

 in the morning from Copped Hall to ground in the Forest. Riding on, 

 we came in for a very pretty sight. Hounds had left Galley Hills (by the 

 time we reached the covert) with a fox in the direction of Nasing Bury, and 

 this fox was being holloaed back into covert (Galley Hills) just as hounds 

 could be descried, some mile away running in the valley, and a very 

 pretty sight it was to witness. At first they hardly appeared larger than 

 guinea pigs on a billiard table, but gradually they took larger shape, and 



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at the same time we could hear their musical notes, and could mark the 

 leading riders in close attendance (hounds occasionally getting a field to 

 the good). 



In direct fine with them, a lady and a man in pink leading. Straight for 

 the fence in front of her rode the ladyf and landed safely over. The manj 

 in pink turned away, and was some time before he could find an easy place 

 in the next fence. A great many people were waiting in the road below, 

 and as the big phalanx came charging up the hill I recognised that 

 Bailey u/as hunting the hounds himself {the first time this season of 1897-98 he had 

 been able to do so). Bailey lost his fox in Galley Hills. As he had some 

 difficulty mounting his second horse Mr. Bevan, who in the absence of 



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* The ground must have been pretty dry and hard. — Ed. 

 t Mrs. Douglas Grossman on " Ruth." % Mr. R. Y. Bevan. 



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