CHAPTER XV. 



Season 1858-59 — Resignation of Rev. Joseph AvhuDright — Mr. Vickevman succeeds 

 Mr. T . Mashiter as Secretary of the Essex Stag Hounds — Boynton Hall 

 Woods — A Great Run from Canes — South Essex Steeplechases — Season 

 1860-61 — A Memorable Year — A Mad Gallop — The Sequel — Season 1861-62 

 — Resignation of Mr. Frederick Pet re — He Sells his Hounds — Mr. D. 

 Scratton Hunts the Essex Union and South Essex Countries — Season 1862-63 — 

 Mr. Vickerman ivins Ms first Steeplechase — Season 1863-64 — Mr. Lofttis 

 Arkwright succeeds his Father in the Mastership of the E.H.— College Wood — 

 Season 1864-65 — Arkwright has a particularly good one — Season 1865-66 — 

 Too wet for Stag Hunting — The Collapse of the Grand-Stand at Cheltenham 

 S.C. — Season 1866-67 — Wet and boisterous — Mr. Frederick Petre Sells his 

 Hounds again — Season 1867-68 — Stephen Dobson — Dick Christian — ;^2oo 

 paid to Mr. Scratton to abolish capping — Subscribers to the E.H. in 1867-68 

 — Season 1868-69 — Changes in Masterships — The Fire at Holbrookes — Season 

 1869-70— il/r. Arkwright unable to take the Field — Mr. T. Offin succeeds 

 Mr. Scratton — Arthur Button Cox — Francis Barker's Fatal Accident — Season 

 1875-76 — Mr. Vickerman bids Farewell to Essex — Sketches in Essex — Hunting 

 in Wales — Hok' to keep a Hunting Diary — Mr. Vickerman's Secretarial 

 Experiences — Summing up — Who- Whoop I 



From a Leaf of the Journal, February 5TH, 1859. 



MEETING of subscribers at " The Bush House," Harlow. 

 Letter read from the Rev. Joseph Arkwright, stating 

 his intention of giving- up the hounds at the end of this season. 

 Drew Latton and Harlow Park and Canes Wood blank, then 

 went away for six miles to Envilles, drew it, Brick Kilns and 

 Moor Hall blank. Found at Row Wood at 3.30, and ran to 

 ground at High Roothing-Bury, &c. 



During the day I suggested to Loftus Arkwright that he 

 should take the hounds, and he was not disinclined to do so 

 if his father's assent could be obtained. Havino mentioned 

 this to several and finding it well received, I undertook at the 

 general request, to propose a memorial or letter for general 

 signature, and accordingly I sketched it out and sent it on to 

 Harlow on Monday morning to get the signatures of those who 

 should meet at Hatfield Heath. With the assistance of 

 Patmore, John Reeve and Mashiter, I obtained no less than 

 162 signatures to the duplicate memorials I took charge of, 

 and there were about 60 to the third copy, making above 

 200 in all. 



