146 The Hunting Countries of England. 



would ride to hounds must be continually on the 

 jump. A horse for this part of the country must be a 

 strong, clever fencer : and be able to gallop through 

 dirt and to jump out of it. 



The hounds are kennelled at Fetcham, close to the 

 residence of the present Master, Mr. J. B. Hankey — 

 whose grandfather and two uncles held the post before 

 him. Mr. Hankey took office five years ago — succeed- 

 ing Mr. Scott — and he then brought the pack back to 

 its former Kennel near Fetcham Park. The Pack, 

 though an old-established one (the property of the 

 Hunt) has necessarily been chiefly maintained by 

 drafts — the difficulty that exists with the Crawley and 

 Horsham, and various other packs south of London, of 

 getting a sufficiency of puppies reared at walk, being 

 felt here. Thus in recent years The Surrey Union has 

 been dependent chiefly upon the Meynell, Mr. Tailby, 

 Lord Fitzhardinge, and the Puckeridge. To the 

 first-named, however, they are indebted for a hound 

 named Falkland, by whose help they have been success- 

 ful in putting forward some most creditable homebred 

 stock. 



Foxes are fairly plentiful everywhere — except where 

 in isolated cases the shooting interests may have been 

 established by a non-resident and allowed by him to 

 run counter to those of foxhunting. It is in this way, 

 rather than by the presence of inconvenient numbers 

 in the field, that the Hunt feels the neighbourhood of 

 the metropolis. As a rule the residents in the Country 

 do all in their power to welcome foxhunting and to 

 forward its interests. 



Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday being the three 



