8 Seventy Years a Master. 



Mr. Eace has now reached his 93rd year, 

 but his intellect and memory remain as clear 

 as ever, and it has afforded him a real and 

 keen pleasure to again live over the old days 

 while dictating these pages. 



The remarkable circumstance is also worth 

 recording that, on his 92nd birthday, Novem- 

 ber 23rd, 1910, the aged Master was again out 

 with his beloved pack, following them as far 

 as possible by means of his pony-trap, and 

 evincing as great an interest and dehght in 

 the Chase as in the days when he carried the 

 horn. In the evening he entertained a large 

 birthday company of followers of his hounds, 

 to whom he related some of the experiences 

 occurring to him during his long career as 

 a Master. His guests retired, marvelling 

 at the old gentleman's wonderful virility, 

 and greatly impressed with the uncommon 

 interest attaching to many of his recollections. 

 From many quarters came the desire for 

 those narratives in permanent form ; after 

 some persuasion Mr. Kace consented, and 

 hence this volume will, in due course, be 



