, 1873-12-28
F0X-HUNTlNG IN ENGLAND.
Tho People Who Congrcgnto ut
tho COver-Silc.
Horses md ln0nnAN-GI0MntinH-T
rnck After tho Fox nmil tho Hunters
Att1r tho o1anctk-lsxcitcn entH OF tho
lbEXn.
From the Atlantic Monthly for January.

r., s'eM ."e a. M"""o v'a ~, ,Ts,,
w en'osue 'ne !'oeont t1o'eI y. lea.s'u w.
sno ufet OBJECT that attracts attont.of' atsoF te
HtutIy old porter who hobbies about to SEQ Hofno
ono clao handle your luggago Ia small fra1no,
nver thu eo,o,,;rr coat ITo which eontatns tho
.a.;,o n..ass,a, .,t,. -, ~ ~, ~ fo,,a moak
OF Marry Il Co.'s hunting appointments, ena
guido to tho different covorts.
TWENTY-FIVE mcota lit tic wook, al1 Within easy
rcac1,. bv rooi1 or rai1 rat ,,s dino and tecilo.
At tnhlc va viii lonvo tho yn,,,,. to tho waitor;
but lot hm bring for consideration onl!'e 'no
moal tho list OF n.eels. p" Drin1low Station,
twelve tuilca !" tLat sooms tho n,ost feasible
thine in tho catalogue for tic morrow, and who
s as -. .nv ,e,s, s,'a1 IN Atora,nno - car,tn,
nns not Aoafa tnas teo A.Ietstono ~ - ,ap'1n'
pnck2 Dut thon tho Pytchloy 1a eveh potter
kuow1l, aud tho train reaches Rugby III timo for
tho uoat. Lot tho choice 10 decided with tho
hotn Of cofreo md cjraru and positive adyioo.
aeip " .es ,,,.,ati,,. ns,z'.n,,. ~, ~
curing 'ho soo'4it''s o'soe'ts' 4'a'A'aous IL 'ao
smokng- room.
On a turnout stood horac-box," ono Of
tho institutions Of Euglanl--a throo-stablod
r.oo,t-oor for tho trouanortoton ~ horxoa
1,o1Ent, .nos for nnTao.ttcGnt ~ 11nventrv
1o;,v 2,r;ca t.n Eat nf NV avn scot,' sny Tia
a. n,,,,,1, ,a"H,1 ;,to 40 ~ ain n"rrow
tf .I n..1IS.1 1, Ta.t ~ ~ H. i"rrrnr ponn,r,,
tIrn,,rr - ha"nt;fni forr,in~ !nnmntrv ,ya emma
T., t"a t,s,a -, .I,n ,,ait III lawn ~ f1nvontrv
wera soseo NJ tiu 1or'e Gaming from Dr
m;mrho,n mn, othor stntionH. we're disclnreluc
tlolr freight OF well-bred hunters.
Drluklow Station has tue modern htdcouanoaa
cn,,u,rv observation-disclosures. aid it wan pleasant TO
leave It beh'nd and follow tho gay crowd down
slopng anu winalhg roau lllto tllo Toht coun
try again. md INTO hanuso,no aha Weli-Kept
~ un,no ~" nrotenninn md wall sot al,nut with
eertaced Enwn and ahfubDery-a cumming ELL
ghsh countfy-aeata
Hero MY eyes wore greeted WIN tho glory OF
y nsas nu Is'3fs aa was ~ i'i4oIu y hrt
they hau only suggested H. Inls vas iao reat11y,
and " iaf exccouea my nntlepatlon. INC
Bronhds wero ta.fsy aA7o WIN , ntAaaas Ia COM
pay o. non a'u . III" III ana
lust gathercd LOT the aa} spott. no4 coats,
white broechos, anu top.boota wore plenty, anu
tho neat holiday pr or tho whole company was
refreshing aud delightful. scattered about sing
aa au gso"ps nf brad gn NJ ,enmie a ~ ~ a
ages anu OF all conaitious. otiaaang rum . tl'a
nnddlo n'ld over carriage doors, lounghg up and
down tho drive, or looitng over tue hounds, the
company WCro lesurely awaiting the opep1ng
of tho ball. They, bad como from circuit
Of 20 mcH around, and thoy appeared to bo
mainly pooplo who hapitua!ly cougtogato at
TIE covEl-s1DE -.
throughout tho hunting season, and to 10 geu-
orally moro or less acquainted With euch Other.
Tho oIe11,e,lt Of coollotry was not abaent but
ooquotry IL apparently uct II natural product Of
the English soil, nna that aoft o. Intercourse WIS
not Conspicuous. Nobomen, gontlomsn. farmers,
manufacturers, professional nun, Euobs, cada,
errand boya-evorybody, in short, who cared to
come seemed to have tito right to como, and SO
far ,s tlto hunt was concerned soemed to be OH.
M equal footing. The habituos Of a hunt are
aoldom below the grado of wel-to-do formers
Servants from tue house we're distributing ro-
freshments, riders wore mounting their hunters.
grootns woro aajusting saddIe girths, too fiery
aniu,qls wero boing quoted, aud thcto was geu-
prnily nm mr. Of prenarution about thu whole as
aemblaao
a lit;o ut ono side, kept vol togother by the
i,nunis Tho Atho1sione pack]. about forty of
them. or Technically q twenty Couples" Btrong-
lmnca, largo.oared, pnsty-colorod, wholesome
inni,;nn foitows. Thoy attracted much atten-
tio,, ani elicied much colamondatlo1l, Tor taay
were said to bo tLo worry finest puck III England,
ns were ulBo each Of tho tlroe other packs thut
saw. To the uilH1iIlcd eye, md simply viewed
aa t]ors. thay aro not .oularkable; but It was a
caso IL wI1Icl tic Judgment Of M ,lnsklled per-
sou would hive no yaiuo.