2 24 LEAVES FROM A HUNTING DIARY 



where we got our first and last view, Mr. 15all lassoing her in a most artistic 

 manner. Only seven beside the Master and his staff persevered to the end 

 — viz., Messrs. G. and \V. Sewell, E. Ball, W. Pemberton Barnes, Foster, 

 and Jerrard, most of whom had some seventeen miles to jog home ; but the 

 Master, not content with providing them with a good run, insisted upon 

 refreshing them and their weary horses as they passed his hospitable 

 house. 



It was a most sporting run, and for those who enjoy riding over a good 

 country it was all that could be desired. Starting with a sample ot the 

 koothing ditches, we got a taste of the Doddinghurst banks, and wound up 

 in some large spreading pastures of Leicestershire appearance. 



Mrs. Ballock was one of a lucky quartette, who, leaving home on 

 Monday, March 21st, about 1.30, dropped in for a very nice afternoon 

 gallop with one of the Colonel's fo.xes which, after running across Rolls Park, 



The Kennels 



was pulled down on ]\Ir. Alfred Savill's farm at Chigwell, within view of 

 Warren Hill, Mr. Sewell's house. 



Saturday, March 26th. The Kennels ; the General Meeting. Mr. C. E. 

 Green tendered his resignation, and a committee was formed to take 

 into consideration the best means of hunting the country in the future. 

 We did not get away much before 12 o'clock, but when we did, we certainly 

 had one of tlie best runs I have ever had. Of the first fox found in Harlow 

 Park, little need be said, as we were unable to do much with him, or with 

 another viewed away from Parndon Wood ; but a different tale must be told 

 of the great dog-fox that set his mask for the open. When the bitch pack 

 were thrown into Pinnacles hounds were nearly divided, but, fortunately, 

 Bailey got away with the pack all right in good time ; crossing two ploughed 

 fields in the direction of Parndon, it required a clever horse to drop quietly 

 on to the bank over the ditch, and a still cleverer one to pop into the road and 



