1 8 The Old Surrey Fox Hounds 



did not mind what it cost him ; Mr. W. Mortimer, who 

 worked very hard to show good sport, and of whom it 

 has been truly said that he did more to promote the 

 success of fox-hunting than any man in Surrey ; and 

 Mr. Harry Nicholl, who was a keen sportsman, and 

 universally popular. These hounds were then going 

 exceptionally strong and well, as the saying is, so that 

 their followers were up in the stirrups. 



