FREDERICK AVILA 



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a wide brook which had to be crossed ; a momentary check in a lane, and 

 they were swinging on again in full cry ; another brook brought Mr. Avila 

 down, and in as awkward a iix as one could well wish to be, right bang 

 under his horse. Jumping down, I holloaed to Bobby Lockwood to sit on 

 its head, and getting hold of Mr. Avila by the shoulders and with the help 

 of another man we pulled him out. By Pyrgo House they flew over the 

 Park and past Boylands Oak, but the fox was out of his country, and within 

 three fields of Hainault Forest turned back over Havering and Pyrgo Park, 

 through Pyrgo big woods, when he was run into near Dagenham to the 

 satisfaction of all, a good hour. Of those who saw the finish we find the 

 names of Messrs. Sworder, Arkwright, Bevan, Green, Pratt, Kemp and 

 Sewell. 



Frederick Avila 



A customer, you say at once, as you look at this portrait, and 

 a good-hearted one to boot you would add, if you would be 

 correct, for he is both. No horse and no country comes amiss 

 to him. He is one of those farmers who, thanks to his know- 

 ledge of the points of a horse, and his aptitude for making a 

 promising young 'un into a good hunter, has managed to enjoy 



