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minded devotee of his branch of sport, he will be 

 more than repaid for all he does and suffers. When 

 the day at length comes upon which, from advancing 

 years, or ill-health, or any other cause, he finds that 

 he must relinquish the Mastership, hang up his pole 

 and his horn over an easy chair, and feed for the 

 last time those faithful fellow-sportsmen and friends 

 the hounds, he will probably feel the parting as 

 much as, or more than, if he were bidding adieu 

 to a son " going out along across the sea " or a 

 daughter leaving him to marry the man of her choice. 



