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LKAVF.S FROM A HUNTING DIARY 



Cuckoo Pits thirty minutes from the find, we enjoyed with zest our al-fvesco 

 lunch, while the staff went to work with great vigour and success to provide 

 the hounds with theirs. Well ! a Forest fox can be spared, for there are 

 still plenty of them. 



W. E. Melles 

 on "Jumbo" 



J. W. Melles 

 on " Solomon" 



H. Micklem, R.E. 

 on " Polly" 



III the days that Mr. Melles rode hard across the Roothin^s 

 and indulged in a lot of steeplechasino. and scaled two stone 

 less than he now does, "Bones" and " Brio-adier " were his 

 favourite mounts, after which he pinned his affections on a little 

 dark bay mare " Polly," which is represented in the above 

 picture. " Polly" was one of the best animals he ever owned, 

 and always had a leg to spare except on one occasion, when she 

 tore her shoe off on a stub in a bank. " Solomon " also was 

 another hunter clever as he was useful : while as for the rider of 

 "Jumbo," it is very satisfactory to note that he is bein^" trained 

 up in the way he should go. 



