COMMONS STEEPLECHASES 27 



Dec. i. Fox's Bridge. 6J miles. 23 minutes. 

 4. Stowe Fox. Finished my Mastership, getting 

 my last fall at the brook, and the only one 

 Saucebox gave me with the Drag. I handed 

 over the horn to my brother. 



Since then the Drag has flourished, and I 

 understand things are done in a style we 

 never dreamed of. Amongst the Masters that 

 carried the horn after my time were my 

 brother, Mr. J. A. Pease, the present Duke of 

 Leeds, Mr. Le Fleming, Mr. Ivor Guest, the 

 Duke of Marlborough, Mr. Beddington, Mr. 

 Wiloughby, Mr. Macreary, Mr. F. M. Freake, 

 Lord Ronaldshay, and several others whose 

 names do not occur to me at the moment. 



I heard of the followers of the red herring 

 having two Drags in one day in 1895, Stowe 

 Fox in the morning, and Downing Arms 

 after lunch. The usual field was augmented 



