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being the work of Professor Herkomer, I hope it will be regarded 

 as a work of art. Lady Worcester would have been very pleased 

 if she had been able to be present, but she is going to Hartham this 

 evening, and she thought the two journeys would be rather too 

 much for her. I cannot say how very much obliged I am for your 

 present, and for the kind expressions towards myself and my family. 

 (Applause.) I will not detain you any longer. You know perfectly 

 well I am not a good hand at speaking, and I will only thank you 

 once again, and remind you that we ought to be getting on for the 

 meet as soon as we can. (Cheers and laughter.) 



The proceedings then closed, and the party mounted their horses 

 and rode to Newnton Lodge." 



Presentation to Colonel F. Henry. 



(From the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard of Nov. 9th, 1912.) 

 The opening meet of the season of the Beaufort Hounds took 

 place on Monday morning last at Ehnestree, Tetbury, the residence 

 of Colonel Frank Henry, and the occasion was signalised by the 

 presentation to the gallant Colonel of a portrait of himself painted 

 by Mr. John Bacon, R.A., which had been subscribed for by past 

 and present followers of the Beaufort Hunt in recognition of the 

 services rendered by Colonel Henry as honorary secretary of the 

 Hunt during the last 24 years. The presentation was made by His 

 Grace the Duke of Beaufort. The presentation took place on the 

 lawn just outside the front entrance to Ehnestree. The meet of the 

 hounds was announced for eleven o'clock, and punctual, as usual, 

 His Grace the Duke of Beaufort arrived with the pack. The assembly 

 was a very large and distinguished one, the meet being peihaps the 

 biggest which has taken place in the history of the Badminton 

 Hounds, and the weather was everything that could be desired, both 

 on the part of those gathered for the purpose of witnessing the inter- 

 esting ceremony and those who combined therewith the intention 

 of taking part in the subsequent day's sport. There was just enough 

 sunshine to temper the nippiness of a November morning, and the 

 presence of so many hunting men in " blue and buff," together with 

 numerous ladies, and the extraordinary number of motor cars all 

 combined to make an exceedingly picturesque spectacle. Amongst 

 those present in addition to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and 

 Colonel and Mrs. Henry, were Colonel Sir Audley Neeld, Sir George 

 Holford, the Ladies Blanche and Diana Somerset, Mr. W. A. Harford, 

 Mr. F. de Tuyll, Mr. Arthur M. Wilson, Lord Richard Wellesley^ 

 Lord Ludlow, Lady Sybil Codrington, Lord Andover and the Ladies 

 Howard, Lady Cholmondeley, Captain Morrison-B(!ll, M.P., and 

 Mrs. Morrison- Bell, Mrs. Prideaux-Brune, Colonel Allan Henry, 



