A Famous Run. 13 



follower of the hounds, particularly those of 

 the Cambridgeshire country who have enjoyed 

 the pleasure of being out with the veteran 

 Master. 



The full story of the famous run provided 

 by that great white hart — an achievement still 

 related with much enjoyment at many a 

 Bedfordshire fireside, and one that will never 

 be forgotten in the local annals of the Chase — 

 is told at length by Mr. Race in the chapter 

 " A Great Run." Throughout his long hunt- 

 ing career he has never quite got over the 

 keen disappointment — not to say chagrin — 

 so pithily expressed by him on the occasion of 

 his visit some time later to that celebrated 

 quarry, then preserved in the Royal Park at 

 Windsor. Our veteran tells us of the difficulty 

 he at first experienced in obtaining the sanc- 

 tion of the Head Ranger to again have a look 

 at his old enemy ; all who know him can 

 imagine how he would bluster in face of such 

 unreasonable opposition, how he most certainly 

 would declare that, '' having travelled all the 

 way from Biggleswade to AVindsor to see this 



