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mentioned, by Sir Edmund Antrobus, in 1859, an( ^ are 

 still the property of the hunt. 



In the old days the territory hunted by the Old Surrey 

 was of considerable extent, quite a four-days-a-week 

 country, reaching on the north to Bromley and Becken- 

 ham and nearly to Sydenham ; south to Lingfield ; east 

 to Brasted and Chelsfield ; west to Banstead, Carshalton, 

 and Mitcham. Mr. Byron mentions, for example, that 

 he can remember when he was a boy Tom Hills killing a 

 fox near West Croydon station ; and there still remains 

 a small piece of wood just outside Croydon on the 

 London side, adjoining the line of railway from Croydon 

 to Victoria, which has been pointed out to Mr. Byron as 

 part of a covert which Tom Hills used to draw. 



Some years ago all the Old Surrey country lying south 

 of the South Eastern Railway, from Redhill to Edenbridge, 

 was lent to the Burstow to form their Hunt. Until the 

 year 1896 the Old Surrey was a three-day s-a- week 

 country ; but in that year, owing to the inroads of the 

 builder and other encroachments, the fact had to be 

 recognized that the country could no longer stand three 

 days a week, especially before Christmas. A consequence 

 was that the dog pack was put down, and the hunting 

 days were reduced to two a week, as at present they 

 remain. Even so, foxes are, in some parts of the district, 

 very scarce. 



The honorary secretaries to the Old Surrey Hunt have 



been as appended, and it is not too much to say that they 



all rendered yeoman service : — 

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