" Ripley "-(i878). 



CHAPTER X. 



Hunting from Town — One of the Penalties of it — The Brick Kiln Fox — Sir 

 Charles Smith and Mr. Thomas Cowee to the front again — Matching Park — 

 A Memorable Run — -Deidey Wood — Grecnsted Wood — The Select Few — 

 Dexter has it — The Annual Meeting, 1900 — Lord Rookwood Presides— Mr. 

 Boivlhy Resigns the Mastership — Saving the Blank — See it out Mr. Tilling — 

 Another late Find — A Kill in Epping Forest — Little Laver Mill to Galley 

 Hills — How we did it — Mr. C. Fitch breaks his collar bone — Where are the 

 Light Weights? — George Brown shows the ivay — F. Green to the rescue — The 

 Ambulance — Refusers — Short's Method — Through Epping Town — The last 

 day of the Season, 1 899-1 goo. 



HUNTING FROM TOWN. 



IN Essex the frost broke up sufficiently for hounds to take the field at 

 High Roothing Street on Saturday, February 17th. But the going 

 was bad and the sport indifferent. 

 'Tis with Wednesday, February 21st, the meet Great Parndon, that 

 I take up the thread of my hunting narrative. If you are living in 

 town you must breafast betimes if you would catch a hunting train for a 

 day in Essex. This, however, is no hardship to the fox-hunting enthusiast, 

 who rather enjoys an early start, the early anticipation of sport to come. 

 Therefore it was not a matter of surprise, before the train steamed out 

 of the station, to see those keen votaries of the sport of kings, Mr. R. S. 

 Tilling and Mr. P. J. Pelly, booted and spurred, on the platform. Hacking 

 on to the meet I overtook Frank Ball and his wife, and heard that hounds 

 had had a very fair run on Monday from Mrs. Mcintosh's gorse. 



There was plenty of time to note the names of those who were present 

 at Wednesday's meet during the twenty minutes hounds were kept waiting 

 for the Countess of Warwick's arrival. No one demurred at this delay. 

 All were delighted to see Lady Warwick hunting again with the Essex, 

 and she seemed equally pleased to be back with her old pack. 



