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horses, we decided to stop, having been going fast for 

 just an hour with one slight check. The day was so 

 good that it only wanted blood — which hounds richly 

 deserved — to make it complete." 



The following report is taken from the " Field " of 

 13 January, 1906 : — 



"It is a pleasure to record that the followers of these 

 hounds have lately enjoyed some capital runs, and up to 

 now the sport shown has been a marked improvement 

 even upon that of last season, which was far above 

 the average. A remarkable day (Saturday) was in store 

 for those who attended the fixture at the Victoria, Ban- 

 stead, whence a move was made to the Downs, where an 

 outlying fox had been reported on several occasions. But 

 this morning the gorse proved tenantless ; so after drawing 

 Solomans and Scratch Woods blank, hounds were trotted 

 on to Banstead Park, the seat of that good friend to the 

 hunt, Mr. Garton. Almost immediately, a fox broke 

 covert overlooking Mr. Martin's farm, and, skirting the 

 hillside, crossed the railway as if for Outwood, but a slight 

 check occurred in the Kingswood lane ; then quickly 

 hitting off the line again, hounds carried on through 

 Chiphouse Wood, out by the barn, and away at best pace 

 through Highurst, over the road into Kingswood Warren. 

 Here it was that the Master had what looked like a serious 

 fall, his horse putting his feet in a rabbit-hole and rolling 

 completely over his rider ; but it was a relief to see him 

 pick himself up. Hounds meanwhile were pushing their 

 fox through the Warren, past the stables, over the fence, 



