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pletely out of hand. There was nothing for it 

 but to steer for the only practicable place I could 

 see. To my relief, as soon as he saw it the grey 

 pricked his ears and, jumping well in his stride, 

 cleared it handsomely. After this he gradually 

 settled down, and we became good friends for the 

 rest of the day. 



On the hunt buttons of the H. H. appear the 

 Prince of Wales's feathers, a distinction which 

 dates from the time when the Prince, who after- 

 wards became George IV., was a member of the 

 H. H. Club, and hunted his own hounds in the 

 north of Hampshire from Kempshott and Drum- 

 mond Grange. 



A very quick thing I had one spring with Mr 

 Hargreaves when he was hunting the South Berks 

 country. A late and last meet of the season had 

 been fixed to look for a poultry -killer that was 

 reported to have a perfectly white brush. We had 

 a long way to go to the fixture, and it was a very 

 hot day, but we were not inclined to complain 

 when we found our fox, and he broke from a hedge- 

 row in full view of the hounds. He was a very 

 fine fellow, with a beautiful white brush and a 

 light-coloured body. Stout and strong though he 

 was, he never had a chance, for hounds were on 

 his back the whole way, and they rolled him over 

 handsomely in the open at the end of a capital 

 fifteen minutes. His brush the master very kindly 

 gave to me, and I took it home with great care, in- 

 tending to have it mounted. On reaching home I 



