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my company a few fields firom the finish, for I got 

 laid out over a new cut and laid fence in the Wan- 

 borough Bottom. I was conscious that my good 

 steed was tiring and this just finished her off. I 

 have an idea that the race was won by Ernest Retter 

 of Overtown. Well, he deserved it; he was a 

 struggling farmer like myself Unfortunately he 

 had but a short innings at the business, for he died 

 a comparatively young man. 



A few years back it became my lot to take part 

 in a talk on Farming and Foxhunting at Broad- 

 casting House. It was during Anthony Kurd's 

 run, " Farming to-day." He approached me with 

 an idea of giving a little talk on something of interest 

 about Christmas time, and we finally agreed on 

 the subject " Farming and Foxhunting." ^ He, while 

 not opposed to hunting, indeed far from it, took the 

 line that hunting people were not over careful m 

 avoiding damage, etc. etc., and then our talk 

 broadened out to say that some hunts were not 

 pulling their w^eight in subscribing to the R.A.B.I. 

 Being an honorary Secretary to this most excellent 

 Institution for bringing reHef to broken-down 

 farmers, I was anxious to awaken a htde more 

 energy into the work of those responsible for the 

 collection of annual subscriptions and Hunt caps. 

 Our efforts in this direction, whilst they may or 

 may not have borne fruit, certainly raised a cer- 

 tain amount of protest in some quarters. I under- 

 stand that the matter was brought to the notice of 

 Sir John Reith, the Director of the B.B.C., who put 

 the matter in order, since they are very particular 



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