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suffice to say that claims for compensation for 

 damage done by the large " fields " which attend 

 the Brighton Harriers are things unknown. 



At no time have I found hunting more popular than 

 it is at the present moment. True it is that a cantan- 

 kerous farmer in a distant county has recently sought 

 the aid of the law to prevent his neighbours from rid- 

 ing over his land, but I am glad to say that it is a soli- 

 tary case, and not likely to form a precedent. Larger 

 numbers I find attending every meet than at any 

 previous time, and every class is represented. The 

 army, navy, clergy, members of both Houses of 

 Parliament, and Cabinet Ministers, all do it. I am 

 reminded of an appropriate anecdote of a late Arch- 

 bishop, who of course never for an instant thought 

 of riding to hounds, because that would be un- 

 becoming to one of his sacred calling, yet somehow 

 or other it often happened that the hounds icould 

 come across him as he took his constitutional ride. 

 On one occasion the Archbishop viewed a fox 

 breaking cover, and gave a rattling view-halloo, 

 that quickly attracted the attention of the hunts- 

 man of the York and Ainsty, who exclaimed, " That's 

 Gospel truth, if ever I heard it ! " 



Amongst the number of good men and true 

 attending this social gathering was that thorough 

 sportsman Mr. Steyning Beard, the ]\Iaster of the 

 Brookside, whose country adjoins that of the 

 Brighton Harriers, showing the good feeling exist- 

 ing between himself and Mr. Dewe, and a desire 

 to mark his sense of the liberality shown by the 

 farmers on all occasions. It is by such considerate 

 acts that a cordial feeling is maintained, and I 



