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notice by post, and enable the London sportsman to 

 put himself in the train at Waterloo^ Victoria, or 

 London Bridge at an hour not more inconvenient than 

 if he had ten miles to canter. That many to whom 

 business is first. Pleasure an after consideration, do 

 avail themselves of the chance, is shown by the 

 number of horse-boxes and pink coats conveyed by 

 the morning trains every Saturday during the hunting 

 season. The Surrey Union (and other Hunts who 

 have supporters in London) make their arrangements 

 to chime in with — rather than to thwart — the Satur- 

 day exodus. Thus every meet of the Surrey Union 

 on that day is in easy reach of Epsom, Leatherhead, 

 or Weybridge — each of which, again, is within a forty 

 minutes' journey from Waterloo. On the other two 

 hunting-days (Tuesday and Thursday), the train may 

 be utilised to Leatherhead, Dorking, Baynards, or 

 Guildford — as the case may be. 



The Surrey Union Country, as now hunted, falls 

 considerably short of the area it is entitled to occupy. 

 Stanford's Map, however, shows pretty accurately the 

 extent to which operations are at present carried. 

 From Guildford to Reigate is its breadth. The 

 prettiest bit of the country is the strip through which 

 the railway runs as it passes Ewell on its way to 

 Epsom — and this is about the nearest point to London 

 where the Surrey Union hounds are ever seen. Mr. 

 Richard Combe hunts that corner of their country 

 which formerly took them up to Aldershot Camp ; and 

 at one time they used to work some of the ground 

 mow occupied by Mr. Godman. Even now the Surrey 

 Union is quite an extensive Country for three days a 



