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horse before the run commenced, was going very strong. Curiously enough, 

 one of the first into Shatter Bushes was the Httle, fair-haired Miss Bowlby. 

 How she got there I do not know. Hounds checked for some time at 

 Shatter Bushes, which allowed the field to get up before they got on the 

 line again. Crossing the Cobbin End lane, hounds flew along over the grass 

 for Orange Wood, Mr. Arkwright, Bailey, Short, and Miss Morgan being 

 among the first few over the brook below Gill's Farm. As hounds bore 

 down the hill for Orange Wood, Bailey for some reason or other turned to 

 the left through the farm-yard, and nearly everyone followed him, with the 

 exception of Mr. Seymour Caldwell and Mr. Swire ; Mr. Caldwell getting 

 down at a very trappy fence into the field running up to the wood (he was 

 riding a well-bred little horse belonging to Reggie Hill). Leaving Orange 

 Wood behind, Mr. Jones riding his favourite horse, the Colonel soon joined 

 Messrs. Swire and Caldwell ; but the run was nearly over, for two or three 

 fields further on, at the bottom of the hill leading up to Waltons, General 

 Marter's house, our good fox got to ground in a drain, and although he 

 was bolted out he was never recovered, but I am afraid was drowned in 

 the Cobbin brook, which was running in flood at the time. We wound up 

 the day with a very fast gallop from Parndon Woods to Galley Hills ; Mr. 

 A. Giles, Miss T. Buxton, and the boy on the bang-tailed bay, being 

 among the few who stayed to the end. 



Bobbingworth Windmill, January 22nd. Started out with R. on 

 " Liscarton " after luncheon, and fell in with hounds running full cry near 

 Knightsland Wood to Ongar Park. Scent had been at a discount all 

 day and did not improve in the afternoon, when we found ourselves in the 

 Gaynes Park preserves, only a small field out, including C. E. Green, 

 Tyndale White, John White, G. H. Lee, Frank Ball, Colonel Fane, 

 Major Ricardo, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Waters, J. Swire, Mrs. Bennett, R. C. 

 Lyall, A. Bowlby, S. Chisenhale Marsh and his son, Hugh Hart, Mrs. 

 Grossman, J. G. Pelly, V. Pelly, C. K. Carr. 



Wake Arms, January 24th. Rode with R. to the meet. A big muster, 

 including Mr. R. Lockwood, in the blue coat of the Beaufort Hunt ; Mr. R. 

 Tilling, Mr. C. E. Green, Mr. G. H. Lee, Mrs. L. Arkwright, Mr. F. Ball, 

 Mr. R. Y. Bevan, Mr. F. Avila, Mr. S. Fitch, Mr. G. Buxton, Miss T. 

 Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Mr. Victor Buxton and two of his 

 children on ponies and out for the first time with foxhounds ; Mr. E. 

 Cockett, Mr. W. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Grossman, Guy and Noel Edwards, 

 Mr. W. Sewell, Miss Dorothy Sewell, Mr. Newman Gilbey, Mr. D. 

 Gregory, Mr. W. S. Horner, Mr. F. E. Loyd, Miss M. Morgan, Mr. J. 

 Pelly, Vivian Pelly, Major and Mrs. Ricardo, Mr. A. T. Sewell, Mrs. 

 Waters, Mr. C. E. Ridley, Mr. R. Bury, Rev. A. F. RusseU, Mr. C. H. 

 Pyne, Mr. W. Gingell, Captain Wood. Driving, Mr. and Mrs. F. McKenzie. 



Beech Hill Park was swarming with foxes, and hounds snapped up 

 three directly, much to the satisfaction of Mr. A. J. Edwards, who, although 

 unable to hunt, had been looking well after the interests of his hunting 

 friends by keeping these foxes for them. It was a great pity that they 

 had not been routed out in the cub-hunting season. 



Going away with a fourth fox, hounds worked out quite a nice hunting 

 run on the outskirts of the Forest, after first running up to the King's 

 Oak and coming back by Dick Turpin's Cave. Only one drawback to this 

 country, which has been alluded to previously in these Leaves, there is 

 too much wire about. 



We drew several of the Copped Hall coverts blank, Spratts Hedgerow, 

 Orange Wood, &c., and finished off the day with a Nasing Coppice fox, 

 which was lost near Nasing Park after crossing the Common. 



