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LEAVES FROM A HUNTING DIARV 



Up to Man Wood the pace was very good, and altogether it 

 was by far my best day's sport this season. Morgan's horse 

 was beaten with the first fox, so that I saw nothing of him 

 until we came to Man Wood. The ground rode rather heavily, 

 the day was close and warm, and very trying to horses. 



As usual on a good day there were many misadventures, 

 Octavius Coope had two falls, his horse rolling over him on the 

 last occasion. Lawton was well mounted on a nice looking- 



Octavius E. Coope 



mare, and Griffiths, who rode a horse of Cassidy's, enjoyed the 

 sport amazingly, and went very well. " Carlow " was very 

 tired, more so than I have ever known him to be ; he carries 

 more flesh than he will do later in the season, and does not 

 spare himself To-day he went excellendy, but showed he was 

 tired by making a mistake at a high bank just before coming to 

 Hatfield, when we were both some time in the balance, but 

 eventually recovered ourselves. 



(The portrait of a man better known to the past than the 



