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first four, including Majors Wilson and Carter and Mr. Cockett, flew it 

 in their stride. 



Jack, pulling up to catch ihe runaway, lost the necessary monientum, 

 and subsequent inspection not proving encouraging, coasted down for 

 an easier place, which he was not long in finding. In the meantime the 

 leaders had reached Northlands with hounds, to jump in and out of the 

 road as hounds left it behind (the big chesnut being first over the high razor 

 bank; in vain we appealed to the two majors to stay for the gate), and 

 stretched along at a great pace (the pick of the bitch pack, mind you, and 

 there isn't a bad hound in the lot; over the big fields to the small spinneys 

 outside Beachetts. 



E. E. Cockett on "Bouncer" 



INIr. Cocktitt hcis an eye for a '^ood horse cind a very good 

 eye for a country. He rides forvvai'd, and lias been pretty 

 fortunate in the matter of tosses. ( )n a \'isit at Hean Castle, 

 Saundersfoot, in 1896 he had an (opportunity of seeing the late 

 Mr. Charles Rankin Vickerman's wonderful hunting journals, 

 anrl'Mr. Cockett's description of them made me doubly anxious 

 to avail myself of Mr. Vickerman's kind offer to place them at 



