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placed in the hands of his numerous devoted 

 friends and admirers. 



The fact that Mr. Kace has been ** Seventy 

 years a Master " has, naturally, attracted a 

 far wider attention than among even his large 

 circle of hunting friends and acquaintances. 

 From time to time sporting writers have paid 

 homage to the '* Father of hare hunting." One 

 of the latest of these tributes, from the pen of 

 *' Valesman," appeared in the Morning Post 

 just previous to the birthday celebration 

 mentioned above. ** Valesman " wrote : — 



" In glancing through the list of hounds so admirably 

 compiled by certain weekly sporting papers recently it 

 may not have escaped notice that Mr. George Race's 

 name no longer appeared as Master of the Biggleswade 

 Harriers. Now, as Mr. Race is the oldest Master of 

 Hounds in the Kingdom, — indeed, his term of office has 

 exceeded all others in the history of hunting — it occurred 

 to me that it would be interesting to obtain some definite 

 information in regard to his present connection with the 

 Biggleswade pack. I am indebted to a Biggleswade 

 correspondent for the following explanation : — 



" * Mr. George Race is nominally Master of the 

 Harriers. They are kept at his place — Road Farm — 

 and he looks after them, and still follows them in his 



