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ing up in view gave another fast fifteen minutes 

 before he was rolled over in the open. The 

 old huntsman deserved great credit for account- 

 ing for his fox, for had it not been for the 

 patience and skill he showed at the check, there 

 is no doubt the quarry would have been num- 

 bered with the lost. Among those who went 

 well in this glorious gallop were the Master, 

 Sir R. Glyn, Mr Arthur Dendy, Captain John 

 Luttrell, Captain Harry Farr Yeatman, R.N., 

 Mr Pepys, and Mr H. Poole, though there were 

 others who by the aid of gates and friendly gaps 

 caught a glimpse of the proceedings from time to 

 time. 



Press could, I think, do anything he liked 

 with his hounds, for they always obeyed the 

 least word he said to them in his deep gruff 

 voice. He preferred dark- coloured hounds, as 

 he used to say that in a muddy country 

 like that of the Blackmore Vale the mud did 

 not show up on them so much as it did on 

 those of lighter colour. He also thought dark 

 hounds had a hardier constitution, and from one 

 or two instances that I have come across, I 

 think there may be something in this. I re- 

 member one day when I was out with the 

 Vine Hounds I noticed a light blue-and-white 

 hound, with a very peculiar voice, that took the 

 lead all day ; but when the fox was killed she 

 was quite done up, and, lying down, refused to 

 touch it. The following season with the Cat- 



