BeIvVOir Hunt. 77 



Mr. Algernon Turnor, Mr. E. S. Burnabyy 

 and others. 



Sir Thomas Whichcote next proposed that 

 a testimonial be presented to His Grace the 

 Duke of Rutland, as a slight acknowledge- 

 ment of the generous manner in which he had 

 hunted the country for nearly nineteen years.. 

 Mr. E. M. Burbidge, of Thorpe Arnold, in 

 seconding the proposition said : — '' I hardly 

 expected to have been placed in this position 

 to-day, but don't regret it, inasmuch as the 

 way it has been taken up by the farmers 

 proves its popularity. This matter took its 

 rise amongst the tenant farmers who were 

 anxious to do something, but the feeling was, 

 I may as well tell you, that we could not raise 

 a great deal of money amongst ourselves. But 

 I was informed by a friend, who is present 

 to-day, that it would be much more desirable 

 to make this a county matter, and heartily 

 glad am I that it should be so, and, moreover, 

 that I have the honour of seconding the 

 proposition made by Sir Thomas Whichcote^ 

 because it will show that the feeling is 

 universal, and that gentlemen and tenant 

 farmers go hand in hand, which I hope we 

 shall continue to do for years to come." 



