WESTON CROCKER ON "BLIZZARD 



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attendant (where was Mr. Lee ?), holding a lead which none could 

 wrest from him, till hounds bayed their fox to ground below Roydon 

 Park. 



The pace hounds tore on through the top of Tattle Ikishes, those only 

 knew who had to wait their turn at a gap ; but going well to the front, 

 I could discern only two ladies, Mrs. Arkwright and Miss Buxton, while 

 of the men the welters, as represented by the Admiral, Mr. H. Fowler, and 

 Mr. Green, already mentioned, more than held their own. But sooner or 

 later — but rather later than sooner — came a string of twenty men, but all 

 looked cheerful after this sparkling gallop over a line of country which, 

 if unbroken from Galley Hills to Roydon, will take a lot of beating at any 

 time. 



Weston Crocker on "Blizzard" 



Mr. Weston Crocker hunted with the Essex Hounds as tar 

 back as '73-74. He swears l)y the Roothinos of Essex. He 

 is a very straii^ht rider, and a persona orata with all the 



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