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** Gettino' hounds together the Master left the Park as soon 

 as possible, but that did not by any means close the incident as 

 far as the golf club authorities were concerned, and I think the 

 hunt paid substantial damages." 



The season 1918-14 is the record one up to date. C. C. 

 Hilton Green was Master till Christmas, and afterwards R. D. 

 Grossman, son of Mr. D. Grossman, the present joint Master of 

 the Cambridgeshire Foxhounds. Thirty-eight hares were killed 

 in 49 hunting days. 



How can I end this chapter better than by quoting the 

 description of the best run the Eton Beagles ever had, with a 

 point of seven miles? It took place in 1904, when Romer 

 Williams was Master. 



*' Tuesday, March 8th, was a day to be remembered, from 

 the Prince of Wales. We found a hare directly, but lost her 

 near the Sanatorium after 20 minutes. Found again in a plough 

 near Eton AVick, and they fairly raced away straight as a die up 

 to Headington's Farm. Here we met our hunted hare coming 

 back, with * Grafty ' in close attendance, who shortly killed her. 

 Meanwhile the pack had gone on with another hare as hard as 

 they could go, and quite straight past Headington's to the 

 G.W.R., and over that past Atkins' to the top of Lynch Hill, 

 where they checked for the first time. We then seized the 

 opportunity of breaking up ' Grafty 's ' hare, and then going 

 forward we put up a hare in the next field and ran like the devil 

 himself straight over to Burnham Beeches, leaving Farnham 

 Royal on our right. Through the Beeches they went and on to 

 Beaconsfield Common, where we whipped off as soon as we could, 

 as some hounds were still in the Beeches. Eton Wick to 

 Beaconsfield is seven miles as straight as the crow flies, with 

 absolutely never a turn. Time, 75 minutes." 



Champion has told me that this was quite the best hunt he 

 has ever seen with beagles, and T doubt whether many better runs 

 could be found in any of the records of hare hunting in the 

 British Isles. 



HIS master's voice. 



