CHAPTER X, 



1904—1908. 

 John J. Moubray. 



*' Avoid chopping and changing, we know what we 

 have; but we don't know what we may get." 



Surtees. 



" Happy are they who go out to please themselves, 

 and not to astonish others." — Surtees. 



1904 — 05. A successor to the Duke of 

 Leeds was not a very easy person to find ; 

 but eventually, Mr. J. J. Moubray, of Naemoor, 

 Perthshire, was induced to take his place. 

 Mr. Moubray, although chiefly resident in 

 Scotland, had hunted for many seasons with 

 the Bedale — in fact from the date of his 

 marriage (in 1893) to Miss Booth, daughter 

 of Mr. WilUam Booth, of Oran, and niece of 

 Mr. John Booth — so he was by no means a 

 stranger to the country, and it was a source 

 of much satisfaction to very many, that one 

 so closely allied to a most popular Master's 

 family should preside over the * * ups and 

 downs '* of the Hunt. 



Mr. Moubray engaged as his huntsman 

 Frank Freeman, who had been first whipper- 

 in to the Cheshire, and had served his 



