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tield towards Down Hall, and fairly pulled him down in the open. A 

 discovery was made during the morning by some of the early risers that for 

 a good real stay by, nerve strengthening pick-me-up, nothing beats rum and 

 milk with a biscuit. 



Monday, October 30th. We met at Havering at 10 o'clock. A cold 

 morning. I drove with M. to the meet. We found at once in Mrs. 

 Mcintosh's coverts, and ran to ground, just enough to show there was 

 a scent. By the time Bailey got back, he had intelligence of another fox on 

 foot. Directly hounds touched the line they went away at score. A low 

 rail barred the exit from the stack yard, and only those who jumped it had 

 a chance of getting on terms again with hounds for some time after. Run- 

 ning in the direction of Hogg Hill, they turned back by Pyrgo, and even- 

 tually ran to Dagenham. It was a most sporting run. Messrs. R. Lockwood, 

 Flint, and several of us got falls, young Mr. Fred Green having the mis- 

 fortune to break his arm. 





F. Green, jun. 



F. Green, jun., like all his father's sons, was blooded at an 

 early age ; in his own case it was his 8th birthday, November 

 8th, 1877, that was so fittingly celebrated. It has been Mr. 

 Green's fortune to ride with hounds all sorts of horses, good, 

 bad and indifferent ; and, possessing a nerve almost as good as 

 his father's, which is saying a good deal, it has been his creed 

 to extract all the go out of them it was possible to obtain. 



By November the ground was much too hard for sport, as the following 

 brief entries show. 



November 13th.— No sport, for above reason, Swallow's Cross. 



November 20th. — No sport at Kelvedon. 



November 27th.— Harlow Common, Lord Londsdale must have been 

 very disappointed with his day in Essex (he had been huntmg the previous 



