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Harriet, 1 who was on the box with me, said, " It is 

 a good thing that you are pretty strong". It was 

 a very narrow shave, about the worst I ever under- 

 went. 



On the ist July, 1863, the Hound Show took 

 place at Redcar. The previous year, at Guis- 

 borough, Turpin and I had noticed how dirty in their 

 coats all the hounds appeared which had travelled 

 far by train, and that they did not show to such 

 advantage as those which were nearer home ; also 

 that many hounds shown were fed so full that they 

 had no back ribs visible at all. We selected a lot, 

 and set to work to remedy the difficulties. We got 

 a large dog-box, large enough to hold three couple, 

 measured it to fit the door of the guard's van, 

 covered one side with wire netting, and set it on 

 small wheels, so that we could wheel it along. Got 

 it, with its contents, safely into the train at Falkland 

 Road and started for Edinburgh. 



This train ran in connection with the London 

 express, and at that time the Fife train went up a 

 tunnel from Scotland Street to Waverley Station, 

 and there was a door of communication between the 

 two stations. On our arrival the express was 

 waiting ; our dog-box was trundled out of the van 

 along the platform to the door, when to our horror 

 we found the door was too narrow. We were in 

 despair, but Mr. Brother ston, the energetic station- 

 master, was equal to the occasion. Summoning 



1 Lady Harriet, afterwards Countess Munster, was quite lame at 

 the time and walked on crutches. 



