104 Seventy Years a Master. 



May I add a codicil to that, and say that in 

 the Cambridgeshire country I can speak with 

 some knowledge on this point, as I can go 

 back perhaps a week or two longer than any 

 of the members now hunting with those 

 hounds. I must not forget, also, to mention 

 that this country owes half its success to the 

 Masters who have been in office, as they have 

 been very lucky in having some very good 

 sportsmen at the head of affairs, and I hear on 

 all sides good accounts of foxes this season, 

 which speaks not a little for our present 

 Master, Mr. Grossman. In saying that in the 

 short time he has been here he has shown him- 

 self to be a good sportsman, and a very popular 

 Master, I am only echoing the voice of the 

 whole Cambridgeshire country. May he long 

 be with us. 



I am sure it is half the battle to be on good 

 understanding with the covert owners, farmers, 

 and last but not least the keepers. If the 

 country like you, you need have little fear 

 of being short of foxes, unless your country 

 is attacked by the ravages of mange, which of 

 course none of us can provide against. 



