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a very fine day, and there was a most brilliant field of sports- 

 men. The hounds were hunted in capital style by West." 



"A grand day with the Old Surrey" — such is the title 

 of an interesting account in " Bell's Life " of 7 January, 

 1838, and we cull the following extracts : — 



" January 3, 1838 — Met at the Oaks, the residence of 

 the late Earl of Derby, and, after drawing ineffectually 

 the furze near Barrow Hedges, trotted to Sutton Bennell. 

 Here they found, and Tom Hills' ' Tally-ho ! ' soon brought 

 the field to business. Amongst about five-and-twenty 

 out, we noticed Messrs. Antrobus, Coulthurst, H. Scott, 

 Charles Mortimer, Henry Mortimer, Charrington, James, 

 etc. There was a burning scent. Away through the 

 enclosures to Mitcham, and through Gen. Hoare's Park, 

 over the London Road to Sir John Lubbock's Park. The 

 fox travelled as far as the house, and, being headed, turned 

 across the lawn and through the shrubbery to the high 

 road, and on towards Carshalton, and over the road to 

 Sutton. He then crossed the meadows at a Derby pace, 

 and, at the back of Sir Edmund Antrobus's house, he 

 looked as if he were making for Ewell. At Nonsuch 

 Park, however, he headed to the right, and ran over the 

 enclosures to the Nelson, at Cheam. Here he crossed 

 the Epsom Road, and was making direct to Coombe 

 Wood and Kingston. The pace and fencing had now 

 told severely on the field ; only ten were left. Tom Hills, 

 assisted by Mr. Charrington and H. Scott, was about a 

 field in advance of the rest. On, however, to Maiden, 

 when, finding Coombe Wood beyond his reach, the fox 



