142 The Hunting Countries of England. 



THE SURREY UNION.* 



SuREEY no longer presents the same facilities for the 

 London Nimrod as in the days when Mr. Jorrocks 

 looked upon Surrey as the peculiar province of 

 cockneys. "Surburban yillany'^ has grasped half 

 the hunting ground of The Surrey Union and the Old 

 Surrey : and the red rover has been driven to regions 

 only attainable by the help of the steam covert-hack, 

 by those who would breakfast in Town. Not only 

 that — but, unless ready to bear his fair share of the 

 burden of the day, the Londoner is not told where he 

 can calculate on finding hounds. Rightly enough, it 

 is considered that the hunting field was never intended 

 as a mere outlet for irresponsible mischief ; and, 

 accordingly, it is expected that the shareholders in 

 the fun should be limited to the shareholders in its 

 maintenance and expense. And so, like various other 

 packs in the immediate neighbourhood of London, the 

 Surrey Union adopts a plan, which, ere long, will 

 probably become universal — and declines to advertise 

 its meets to the world at large. No doubt, though, 

 a reasonable subscription will at all times insure due 



* Vide Stanford's " Hunting Map," Sheet 22, and Hobeon's 

 Fo^tbuntinec Atlas. 



