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                 A
          HUNTING ALPHABET

                 by

         Grace Clarke Newton




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  |                              |
  |           WORKS BY           |
  |     GRACE CLARKE NEWTON      |
  |                              |
  |    A SMALL GIRL'S STORIES    |
  |                              |
  |       A BOOK OF RHYME        |
  |                              |
  |       POEMS IN PASSING       |
  |         First Series         |
  |                              |
  |       POEMS IN PASSING       |
  |      A Second Gleaning       |
  |       (In preparation)       |
  |                              |
  |      A HUNTING ALPHABET      |
  |         Illustrated          |
  |                              |
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                THE
               A B C
                 of
            DRAG HUNTING

                 by

        GRACE CLARKE NEWTON




       E P DUTTON & COMPANY.
          681 FIFTH AVENUE
             NEW YORK.
          ESTABLISHED 1852




Copyright, 1917
E. P. Dutton & Company




Redfield-Kendrick-Odell Co., Inc.
New York




The illustrations are from some paintings by
Richard Newton, Jr.




[Illustration: Mrs. E. T. Cockcroft--and "Danger"]




  A


  A is Ambition which leads you to buy
  A qualified hunter, the picture of pride,
  Of whom it is said, "He takes off in his stride."
  This means he jumps you off with hounds in full cry.




  B


  B is the Beauty who's learning to "go,"
  Who comes to the Club on the morn of the Meet,
  And says to the Master, "Now if you'll be sweet
  And let me ride near you, I'll finish I know!"


[Illustration: Benjamin Nicoll, Esq.--Essex Hunt (on Cocktail)]




  C


  C is the Casualty frequently met
  When a Ditch next a creeper-clad fence lies concealed;
  Also the Comments of most of the field,
  "For the man