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hunting country of alternate grass and plough, 

 whose fences will stand no trifling with.— so be 

 advised and bring out your best jumper ! 



On February 23, 1906, the meet was Rippingale 

 village on the edge of the 

 fens, and all twenty-five 

 miles distant from kennels. 

 A special train brought 

 horses and hounds, a pro- 

 cession of motor cars, led 

 by the master's big yellow 

 chariot, arriving with the 

 booted and spurred brigade 

 at the appointed hour. The 

 morning was raw and cold, 

 with a feeling of snow in 

 the air, but the bite in the 

 wind was good for scent, 

 and hounds got all the 

 horses beat before they trotted back to kennels and 

 their soup, in the dusk of the evening. It is a meet 

 which attracts a large concourse of villagers and 

 sightseers from the surrounding district, hospitality 

 on these occasions being dispensed by Mr Franks, 

 from a table of good cheer set out on the green. 

 Those out included the master. Sir Gilbert Greenall 

 on the favourite grey horse Phantom, Lady Greenall 

 riding a good-looking bay, Lord Robert Manners 

 on a short-tailed black horse. Major J. W. Rennie 

 on a chestnut, Mrs R. Clayton Swan on a bang-tailed 

 bay, the Hon. Miss Walsh, Mrs Lindsay Smith, Mrs 

 George Schwind on a bang-tailed black horse, Mr 

 George Drummond, Captain George Paynter on 

 the chestnut Bachelor's Pride, Captain Thatchell, 

 Captain Holloway Steeds on one of the right stamp, 

 Mrs R. J. Ellison, General Sir Mildmay Willson, 



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