CHAPTER XVm 



THE NEW REGIME 



MR. W. M. GOODENOUGH as Chairman, 

 and Capt. Kingscote as Master, I think is 

 very well described as the Olympians working their 

 art in double harness, the one directed the Hunt 

 finances to expand sufficiently to build new kennels 

 at Marston Maisey, and the other built up his art 

 of hunting the fox to a very high degree during 

 his five seasons. 



Speaking of Hunt finances I very much doubt 

 whether the V.W.H. would have ever ventured on 

 the ambitious programme of building new kennels 

 had it not been for the very generous offer of Capt. 

 Sydney Dennis to provide the land free of any 

 expense. This, indeed, was a handsome gift to the 

 Hunt, and one which will be handed down to 

 posterity for many years to come let us hope. 



When very careful reflection is given to those 

 difficult days at the end of Capt. Kingscote's 

 Mastership, I very much doubt whether ambition 

 would not have prompted him to make a bid for 

 the Shires at some early date. How well we know 

 do we not, that art is ever seeking new fields to 

 conquer ? 



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