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ring from Eaton Wood, with an amusing incident in the 

 middle thereof. Hounds ran like wildfire — in fact, old 

 Tom, who was then huntsman, said he had never seen 

 them run faster. Right in their wake, and bang in front 

 all the way, rode Lord Berkeley Paget by Mars ton - 

 Montgomery, Cubley, and through the Sudbury bottoms 

 to the deep lane, which goes from Sudbury to Hill Somer- 

 sal. From the Sudbury bottoms ]\Ir. Boden and old Tom 

 galloped best pace by Maresfield G-orse, and so got into the 

 lane, knowing full well that it was impossible to do so 

 where the hounds must cross it. As the two men dashed 

 up the road they saw Lord Berkeley peering from the field 

 above into its depths. 



" Hallo, Berkeley ! where on earth do you spring from? " 

 shouted Mr. Boden, hitting his friend fairly between the 

 joints of his harness. It was an irresistible "score," and 

 probably drew blood in hearty anathemas. Hounds ran 

 on at a tremendous pace by Ley Hill, and nearly up to 

 Eaton Wood, catching their fox under an old thorn tree 

 which is still there. Mr. Boden pulled out his watch and 

 found they had been just an hour running this great ring. 

 Sir Richard FitzHerbert will remember another good run 

 which these two shared from Sapper ton, over the river, by 

 Hanbury to the Brakenhurst. 



'' What fun we should have," the late Mr. " Chev." 

 Bateman used to say, "if it was not for that confounded 

 ditch ! " in which disrespectful terms he spoke of the Dove. 

 But the "ditch" did not seem to have proved such a 

 ])arrier in those days. 



On May 8th, 1888, Mr. Boden married Miss 

 Vaughan-Lee, daughter of Major Vaughan-Lee, of Llanel- 

 ley, Glamorganshire, and Dillington Park, Somersetshire, 

 a very perfect horsewoman and devoted to hunting. The 

 Meynell Hunt wedding-present took the form of two large 

 antique silver bowls from the palace of the King of 

 Burmah. They lived at Abbot's Hill, Derby, till they 

 came to the Pastures, both of which houses are famous for 

 hospitality. 



