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Roberts, V.C., who, mounted either by Colonel 

 Yorke or Captain Ferrar, has gone right well 

 with them, and been " on hand" at the finish, 

 in spite of a fall in the early part of the run. 

 The man who was undeterred by a hugely 

 outnumbering host of Afghan warriors, was 

 not to be stopped by a drag-line, however 

 stiffly it might be fenced ! 



As far as I am aware, none of the drag 

 packs advertise their meets. These are kept 

 strictly private, and properly so, both in the 

 interests of the farmers, who would hardly 

 welcome a big field, and also in those of the 

 followers of the packs themselves. Assimi- 

 lating more nearly to a cross-country race 

 than merely riding to hounds, there is a cer- 

 tain amount of crowding and haste to "get 

 off" from the mark, usually followed by a 

 little jostling and jealousy at the first fence 

 or two, which makes a limited number of 

 starters a welcome thing. As it is, with 

 often less than thirty men out, the Record- 

 ing Angel has to be fairly " sat down on and 

 ridden " when the refusing and falling begin 1 



