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them, and he never '* caught pepper " on any 

 one occasion — at least, if he did it was 

 under the Huntsman's breath ; and I think 

 he ought to be a very proud man, with all 

 apologies to ''Old George." 



Then George Archdale succeeded him ; 

 George Pope followed him for one season, and 

 since then the pack has been hunted by our 

 present Huntsman, Stanley Price Davis, who 

 I hope will continue to have them and hunt 

 this country for many more seasons to come.^ 



I have claimed (and I think truly) that I 

 was able to show plenty of sport with my 

 pack during the fifty years I carried the horn ; 

 but not for one moment would I be mistaken 

 as wishing to convey the impression that the 

 others who followed me have not been equally 

 successful. Many and many fine runs these 

 hounds have had since I had reluctantly to 

 forfeit the pleasure of handling them myself, 

 right up to the present season. And I have 



* Since going to Press, Mr. Davis has decided to give up the 

 Biggleswade Harriers at the end of this season, and Mrs. Proctor, 

 who has hunted with them of late, has consented to take them 

 over. 



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