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CLASHING OF HARRIERS AND FOX HOUNDS. 



in the County of Essex. The Sport of the East Essex Hunt has been much 

 interrupted by Ha rricrs meeting- in the vicinity of the places appointed for the 

 meeting- of the Fox Hounds. On Saturday, December 18, 1819, these Hounds 

 were killing their Fox near Tolleshunt Darccy, not more than four miles from the 

 place of meeting, when Mr. Lay's Harriers got upon the scent of the Fox : the 

 Hounds clashed, and the Fox could never be recovered. On Thursday the 23d of 

 the same month, a similar accident happened. The Hounds met at Marks Hall, 

 and after killing- their Fox in Cover, they drew Chalkney Wood, about three miles 

 distant, where they were again called off by Mr. Charles Hanbury's Harriers, 

 which were unluckily hunting in the immediate vicinity. These unpleasant inter- 

 ruptions, adds the author of this article, might easily be avoided by mutual 



arrangement. 



