24 The Old Surrey Fox Hounds 



the first five minutes of a run, another wag observed, 

 " There goes the following article, and not too close at 

 that." 



To make this list of good sportsmen as comprehensive 

 as possible, we reproduce (with sundry emendations) the 

 following from " Baily's Magazine" of April, 1876 : — 



" Amongst keen supporters of the Surrey who appear 

 regularly in the field are Mr. John Young, of Kenley, 

 accustomed to take the field management in Mr. Mortimer's 

 absence ; Mr. W. M. Coulthurst, senior partner in Coutts's 

 Bank, and Mr. E. Coulthurst, his nephew ; Mr. William 

 Goldsmith, of Norbury Park, Streatham ; Sir Francis H. 

 Goldsmid, who made his appearance for the hunting after 

 Christmas ; Mr. James Brand, of Bedford Hill, Balham, 

 and his brother Mr. Andrew Brand, two of the best 

 fellows under the sun ; Sir John Lubbock, who during 

 his father's lifetime did not hunt, but now goes well on a 

 grey which he turns from no fence — when two hundred 

 were out with these hounds the day after Christmas, 

 Mr. Mortimer said to Sir John, ' We have to thank you 

 and the Bank Holiday Act for this attendance,' and 

 everybody seemed to be in a thoroughly festive mood ; 

 Mr. W. Waring, of Chelsfield, a true friend and great 

 supporter of hunting in the Surrey country, who learned 

 to like and understand hunting from old Tom Hills, and 

 would get up at midnight to save a cub ; Mr. Edward B. 

 Forbes, of Caterham ; Colonel Lennard, of Wickham 

 Court, Bromley ; Mr. John Akroyd, of Bedford Park, 

 Croydon, with his sons John and Swainson ; Mr. 



