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name that stuck to and clung to a good horse, upon which his 

 owner, who has hunted and shot in the Essex country longer 

 than niost. enjoyed many seasons' sport. 



Mr. Henry Petre, who so successfully hunted the carted stag 

 in I'Lssex for very many years, carrying the horn himself, was, 

 when I knew him, a man of rather quiet, and as Mr. G. Hart 

 thought, almost too reserved manner for a Master of Hounds. 

 Be that as it may, he was very popular, never dropped on 

 to the forward riders, but liked to go the pace himself, and to 

 see others going it. 



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Henry Petre 



He took many a toss, but always came up smiling after 

 the worst fall. Cine incident that Mr. Hart relates, perhaps, 

 gives a key to his character. " Just going," at George 

 Brown's .suggestion on one occasion, "merely to see the turn- 

 out."* Mr. Hart and Mr. Brown eventually found themselves 



* How many go out with that resolve ? 

 themselves in at the take ? — Ed. 



How many break it and find 



