statistics of the Present Day 



record as M.F.H. of fifty-five years ; and Mr. 

 John Warde (^* Glorious John ") must have kept 

 foxhounds almost as long, though he moved so 

 much from one country to another that one 

 cannot be exact as to dates. Undoubtedly these 

 long reigns in times past and present, setting 

 up as they have done an example of steadfast de- 

 votion to the sport, have done much to strengthen 

 the position of fox-hunting in this country, and 

 the wish naturally arises that many of those 

 sportsmen who are showing us good sport to-day 

 may, in due time, celebrate their jubilee also. 



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