PREFACE, 



One can readily understand a young man, with 

 a taste for fox-hunting, looking forward with the 

 hope of having a good time of it, to the period 

 when he shall be established as a fox-hunter. 

 With an aged man who has had a full share of 

 his favourite sport, the time arrives when he 

 should be thankful for what he has received, and 

 he naturally looks back and recalls the past events 

 of his life. During my lengthened career I have 

 met many of the best men of the day, and have 

 enjoyed hunting wath them to my heart's content. 

 A very large number of Masters of Hounds, 

 Huntsmen, and their Packs have contributed to 

 my gratification and pleasure ; I feel greatly 

 indebted to them personally, and the thought has 

 long been in my mind that, if I were spared, I 



