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capital condition, doing the greatest credit to Cham- 

 pion, and subsequently, during a capital hunting run, 

 proving themselves a very sporting and excellent lot. 

 As I trotted along in the dismal downpour, I observed 

 one young lady, who was evidently not afraid of a 

 wetting, and when I saw her at the end of the day, 

 soaked by the rain and spattered with mud, I learned 

 that it was Miss Kennedy, who is very well known in 

 this country, and who, being slight in form and of 

 light weight, is able to go in such style that it must 

 indeed be a rasper that will stop her. 



Arriving at the cover at Glynde Brooks, Champion 

 soon threw his hounds into cover. A. few minutes 

 only elapsed before a whimper was heard; then a 

 crash through the underwood, and the pack were in 

 full cry. Galloping as hard as my eager little horse 

 could carry me through the deep rides, I jumped into 

 the field at the moment the fox broke cover, closely 

 followed by three hounds which were running him in 

 view. " Tally-ho,^' '' Tally-ho.^^ ^' Gone away,^^ 

 " Gone away," sounds delightful to the sportsman^s 

 ear; and out of the copse comes Champion with the 

 rest of the hounds ; then, going along at a racing 

 pace, we make for Rype, but, altering his course, the 

 fox turns back and retraces his step towards Glynde 

 Station. Then, going again to the right, he ran 

 through the cover in front of Glyndebourne, and went 

 at a rattling pace up the steep Downs in the direc- 

 tion of Lewes ; but fearing the wind and rain, which 

 faced him, on arriving at the summit of this steep 

 hill he turned to the right, and came down the hill- 

 side at a tremendous pace. 



At this point, being well up with the pack, I had 



