8o The Old Surrey Fox Hounds 



It is scarcely necessary to add that, as a bold and 

 straight rider over a country, Mr. Byron has experienced 

 a few nasty " spills " in his time, the worst of which 

 occurred at one of the local Point-to-Point races, and 

 laid him up for a considerable period. Other " tosses " 

 in the regular way of hunting do not appear to have done 

 him any harm. His retirement from the Mastership in 

 1902 was the cause of general regret, and its expression 

 was certainly sincere. He was presented with an address, 

 a very handsome cup and gold watch by the members of 

 the Hunt, and a silver tea and coffee service by the 

 farmers. 



Mr. Byron has been kind enough — for the benefit of 

 our readers and posterity — to go through his hunting 

 journals and extract thence short accounts of the runs 

 which, in his opinion, are worthy of mention, together 

 with other interesting incidents and particulars bearing on 

 the subject. We reproduce them with pleasure — they 

 supplement those previously given — as follows : — 



1882. 23 February. — Met at Crockham Hill, found 

 in Whitebread's Wood, on to Bowsell Wood and Harbour 

 Hook, in West Kent country, where we fell in with the 

 West Kent, and together hunted the fox for another two 

 hours. We killed him ultimately in our own country 

 near Cooper's Corner : we never previously had such an 

 experience. There were two Masters, two huntsmen, 

 some forty couples of hounds, and the two fields of 

 horsemen ! It was capital fun. 



1883. 17 December. — The first blank day since Mr. 



