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toward events, all was duly atoned for by the sport 

 shown on the Monday following, when the South- 

 downs met at Off ham. The weather this day was an 

 improvement upon that of Friday, but there was a 

 damp drizzling rain and cold wind which was not 

 promising. Amongst those attending the fixture was 

 Mr. Streatfield (the Master), Mr. Campion, M. Ferdi- 

 nand Hardelay, Colonel Keen, Mr. G. Smith, Mr. 

 Verral, Mr. Dupont, Mr. Broughton Smith (an ex- 

 cellent sportsman), and many others who constantly 

 hunt with these hounds. First Champion proceeded 

 to draw Warringer Wood, from which a fox broke 

 away without any unnecessary delay, going southward 

 of the hill, passing Lewes Race Course to Ashcombe 

 Plantation, where the hounds ran into him after a 

 merry little spin, when he was duly broken up, and 

 "Who-hoop^' was the cry. After this breather, the 

 hounds were trotted away to Earl Chichester^ s, where 

 they were soon rewarded by a find, as a fox went away 

 at the north-west end of Stanmer Park, and they 

 raced him at a terrific pace to Ditchling Beacon, 

 thence going a screamer to Clayton Holt, where the 

 hounds came to a check, but speedily picking up the 

 scent, they ran over a good line of " country '' nearly 

 to Keymer Gate, passing through Colonel Lane's, and 

 back to Betting's Wood, where they raced into him 

 and ate him, after a blazer of forty-five minutes, the 

 pace during the first ten being tremendously fast. 

 The brush was presented to Mr. George Smith, who 

 came from the East Essex country to show the South- 

 downers how the trick is done, and who went a 

 clinker throughout this capital run, riding one of the 

 pick of Mr. Dupont's stable. Mr. J. S. Clarke, jun, 



