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the best of backs and shoulders, standing on short 

 legs, a type impossible to get away from ! Burnaby 

 was the first mount for the day, and Bengal, the 

 favourite, was in reserve for the afternoon, show- 

 ing a white star and a dash of grey hairs in his 

 tail — a beautifully balanced horse and a finished 

 performer. 



Mrs. Grossman, who has hunted all her life, was 

 well known in Essex on her noted mare Ruth, and 

 before that in the Meynell country when Miss 



Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Grossman. 



Eleanor Dawson. The master's wife now rides a 

 thoroughbred stamp of hunter. Lady Jane, a brown 

 bang-tailed mare, being the first, and Ninette, another 

 that looked like racing, being the second for the 

 afternoon hunt. Amongst the assembled field was 

 the veteran cleric the Rev. Kirke Smith, rector of 

 Boxworth, riding a strong chestnut ; Miss Browning, 

 the daughter of a former Oakley master; Captain 

 Morrison Bell, riding a bang-tailed black horse ; Mr. 

 Lomax, Mr. Hodgson, Count Tisa, one of the heavy- 

 weight division, riding a chestnut ; Mr. Alexander, 

 Mr. Jordan, and Mr. Sheddon, both of polo fame ; 

 also Mr. W. A. Fordham, the hunt secretary. Un- 

 fortunately the Cambridge men were down, so none 



