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to Walton Heath, and it looked as if Margery Wood was 

 to be his next point, but either his heart failed or he was 

 headed, for after running some distance on the common 

 he turned back into the Warren, where he was killed, 

 after a capital hunt of forty minutes. What followed will 

 long remain fresh in the memory of those few who had 

 the good fortune to be with the pack, until, after running 

 for two hours, they raced away in the gathering gloom, 

 and it was not until next day that one learnt that the 

 second whipper-in, while scouring the country, met with 

 the pack, still running in the moonlight, stopped them, 

 and brought them home alone. 



"This extraordinary run commenced at Boor's Green, 

 whence at 2.45 a large rough-looking fox stole away at 

 the far end. Hounds were thrown into covert almost 

 immediately, and, owing to the high wind, Gosden's 

 tally-ho was unheard by many, who therefore had a bad 

 start. Crossing Boor's Green Lane the fox headed as if 

 for the hills over the Merstham road, but turning left- 

 handed was viewed crossing a swede field to Coldroast, 

 whence he sunk the valley, to Purbright, crossing the 

 Chipstead Lane, into Shabden Park. Here he twisted and 

 dodged, causing a delay, but a holloa back soon put 

 matters right, and carrying the line over the Brighton 

 road, hounds were again pushing on across Dean Farm to 

 Grasscut Wood, through which they ran, throwing up, 

 however, in a wheat field beyond. A considerable check 

 occurred here, and it looked like leaving this fox for 

 another day as it was growing late, when hounds hit ofT 



