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it happened that out of them the lady-pack was 

 not out twice. The scent was very good, so 

 that they had a great deal of chasing, but very 

 little hunting. Mr. Wyndham said, " I should 

 have liked to have seen more of your dog-pack, 

 and your hounds hunt more." Mr. Shedden 

 replied, " If you will stay, I will have the dog- 

 hounds out once more ; there is an outlving 

 fox in a covert near Ringwood ; we will try 

 and find him, and see if we can have some 

 hunting." He was found, went straight away, 

 and was run into in the open near Woodlands, 

 after one hour and five minutes, or twelve 

 miles from point to point. Mr. Wyndham said 

 it was the finest run he had ever seen. So he 

 did not see the hounds hunt after all, and his 

 health failing, he never came out in the Forest 

 again. 



During his mastership, Captain Shedden 

 gave universal satisfaction. The sport, during 

 his last season, could not be surpassed, and his 

 finishing day at Brockenhurst was most satis- 

 factory. An immense field congratulated the 

 master when they came up, after the fox was 

 killed. Captain Shedden, who then rode sixteen 

 stone, was first up at the death. 



Ladies in the During Captain Shedclen's master- 

 New Forest, gj^ severa i l ac li es hunted in the Xew 



