FOX-HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS 167 



** On taking his hounds into Hampshire to 

 hunt the Hambledon country, Sir Behingham 

 inquired from the Hunt Secretary what amount 

 of subscription would be forthcoming. ' About 

 £700/ was the reply, upon which he contemptu- 

 ously remarked, ' Barely enough to keep me in 

 spur leathers and blacking/ " 



It is quite possible that economy was not 

 the strongest point in his character. 



