FOXHUNTING 



Spoken by anyone present, and away we slunk to 

 chase the fox. But with all his imperial make-up, 

 the Committee were very much indebted to his 

 directing influence. He had certainly guided them 

 through many a difficult period and indeed we had 

 much to thank him for. 



When we were in the throes of selecting a suc- 

 cessor to Col. Fuller I recollect one morning several 

 members of the Committee going down to Warne- 

 ford Place to discuss with him the suggestion of 

 inviting Capt. Kingscote to fill the post. He was 

 most anxious for us to make a good choice and 

 would go thoroughly into every detail. Finally 

 he said, " Stay and have lunch, gentlemen, and let 

 us have another talk about it." 



To find his successor as Chairman of the Hunt 

 Committee much anxious thought was required. 

 We had several members who undoubtedly could 

 prefer their claim as such, and some of us had an 

 idea the voting might go very close, and voting by 

 show of hands might very well make a mess of 

 things. Therefore I advised our Secretary, Mr. 

 John Thornton, to have ready slips of voting paper, 

 and warned him that he as Secretary would be 

 expected to open the meeting and as soon as he had 

 done so I would jump up and propose that we 

 should make a decision by paper vote. The whole 

 Hunt I am sure agreed that on that day we made an 

 excellent choice by electing Mr. W. M. Goodenough 

 to fill this most important post. 



Before I proceed to give an account of the doings 

 of our new regime, I must refer back again to the 



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