HARK FORRARD! 5 



Reginald Miller was master of the Menclale 

 Hounds, and lived at Radbrook, which, as all 

 hunting men know, is in the very heart of 

 the fairest and best hunting country in the 

 Midlands. When we say fairest, we mean 

 honestest. There is in the whole Mendale 

 country no fence that a really good man on a 

 really good bold horse cannot negotiate. Of 

 course it is not gated anything like as well as 

 High Leicestershire, but it is not necessary. 

 We don't care how brilliant the horse or man, 

 or both, in High Leicestershire they must 

 perforce sometimes gallop for a gate, as there 

 are fences absolutely unjumpable. We have 

 hunted many seasons in the Mendale country, 

 but can honestly aver that on no single occa- 

 sion have we ever seen an unnegotiable fence. 

 Still, the country is amply big enough for the 

 greediest of gluttons, and when the Mendale 

 Hounds run, as they so often do, both fast and 

 straight, it is only the good men and true that 

 are there at the finish. It is a good scenting 

 country too, it is well foxed, its farmers are 



