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THE ETON COLLEGE HUNT. 



himself for some years a whipper-in to the Zetland and to Lord 

 Tredegar's Foxhounds until he met with an accident rendering 

 fox hunting for him an impossibility. He can well remember his 

 father hunting hounds in Cambridgeshire, as well as in the 

 Zetland country, and he has inherited his knowledge and love of 

 hounds and hunting. All his brothers possess the same family 

 instinct. A brother was for some time before his death a few 

 years ago huntsman of tlie Cheshire. Another brother, Fred, is 

 now kennelman to a pack of draghounds in Holland. A third, 

 Bob, is first whipper in to the North Shropshire. It was a great 



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piece of luck that Francis Grenfell should have been able to secure 

 such a man as George Champion. 



G. K. Dunning, Master in 1912, gives him high praise, but 

 every bit of it is deserved. 



" You asked me in your letter about G. Champion. His 

 position as kennel huntsman to the E.C.H. was, I think, rather a 

 unique one, as in most cases the Master's knowledge of kennel 

 management was negligible,* and a great deal of responsibility 

 thus fell on Champion's shoulders. 



* Notable exceptions were G. W. Barclay (killed in the War), son of 

 Mr. E. E. Barclay, M.F.H. the Puckericlge, and K. S. M. Gladstone, who 

 had had a pack of his own in Essex before he Avent to Eton. These two 

 Masters of the E.C.H. undoubtedly did a very great deal to bring the pack 

 to a high standard. 



