CHAPTER IX. 



1898—1904. 



The Duke of Leeds. 

 (George Godolphin, 10th Duke). 



" None but an 'untsman knows an 'untsman's cares.'* 



— Surtees. 



The above quotation was chosen for this 

 Master before I commenced to write an 

 account of his Mastership. Chance, good 

 luck, call it what you will, seems to have 

 been kind in my selection, as in the speech 

 the Duke made in acknowledging the gift 

 of a testimonial to him, he said : 



* ' The position of a Master of Hounds is 

 not always a bed of roses. There are certain 

 small, disagreeable duties connected with 

 it. There are occasions when things go a 

 little wrong, and one feels responsible for 

 the apparent failures ; but an occasion like 

 the present wipes out the memory of such 

 shortcomings. I assure you that I shall 

 always remember the very happy time I 

 have had as a Master of Hounds, the excel- 

 lent people whom I have met, and the 



