FARMING AND FOXHUNTING 



spectacle of the country-side will not pass in a night 

 as some seem to think. We house in England all 

 the great sporting artists of the world and these 

 men will attract the cash from quarters where it 

 is assembled when the war is over, and with that 

 comforting thought we must leave it. 



To continue my tale of February 1936, the 

 Committee received several offers to take over the 

 hounds and eventually invited Lord Gadogan, in 

 conjunction with Mr. H. Nell, to hunt the hounds. 

 This proved quite a useful combination. His 

 Lordship, on resigning from the army, was anxious 

 to try his hand at the game, and I must say liberally 

 subscribed to all functions in connection with 

 hunting and thus played his part well. 



Mr. Nell very kindly put his great knowledge of 

 hounds and the general technique of the chase at 

 the disposal of all concerned. The combination 

 was completed by these two gentlemen engaging 

 Gilbert, a professional huntsman. The latter I 

 always thought gave a good account of himself 

 when in charge of the pack. Unfortunately he 

 was out of the saddle for a few odd periods and 

 then things did not go so well. But on the whole 

 this arrangement worked all right and so we carried 

 on for two seasons. 



When this short period was over the Gommittee 

 were still able to hear of others who were prepared 

 to take the country over. This time the choice fell 

 on Mr. D. E. G. Price, who had been hunting the 

 Black and Tans in Ireland. Previous to this I fancy 

 he hunted a pack of hounds in the North of England. 



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