320 Tally ho. 



Whilst the usual period of law is allowed I have time 

 to look over the hounds, and I think the Master must 

 be proud of the quality and condition of this superb 

 pack of staghounds — animals of great strength, size, 

 and substance, and thoroughly up to their work ; 

 indeed I do not know that I was ever more struck 

 with the appearance of any pack of this description, 

 though I have ridden with most that have existed 

 during the last half century, commencing with those 

 of old "Rounding.-" It is necessary that the 

 '^ Surrey ^^ should be a stout and enduring pack if 

 they are to have many such runs (and they frequently 

 have, I am told), as they had on Saturday last, when 

 they ran their deer a burster for over two hours, 

 taking him in the vicinity of Tunbridge, on which 

 occasion the noble Master of the Buckhounds, who 

 was out with them, expressed his satisfaction at the 

 sport, though he had had sufficient, and did not 

 remain until the end of this clinker. In the absence 

 of Bentley, the regular huntsman, who, I was told, 

 was laid up, but whether from accident or illness I did 

 not hear, the Master hunts the hounds himself, and 

 time being up, they were trotted to where the deer 

 had been uncarted, and were laid on, picking up the 

 scent and dashing away in a close and compact body, 

 giving tongue in a most melodious fashion, followed 

 by a large number of men who evidently meant 

 business. 



Bending to the right for a while they looked likely 

 to m^ke for Ewell, but turning again to the left went 

 at a rattling pace in the direction of Worcester Park, 

 and then turning again to the right they ran in the 

 direction of the Downs, passing within a short distance 



