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hunting four or five limes all the season, and in his 

 unselfishness have helped to provide sport for the 

 many, with never a thought for any return. 



Many large estates have changed hands during 

 recent years, and where this has taken place, things 

 may not always run quite smoothly for foxhunting ; 

 but if tact and civility have been shewn to the new- 

 comers, there are few who are not willing and 

 pleased to carry on the traditions and customs of 

 the property they have bought. 



The "might is right" theory in connection with 

 hunting is now a thing almost of the past, and all 

 hunting men should realise their indebtedness to the 

 landowners of the whole country. 



Shooting Tenants.— X'l is an assured fact that in 

 many of the hunting countries that border on London 

 and other large towns, foxhunting has suffered a 

 good deal from the shooting tenant. Though I am 

 writing from the point of view of the hunting man, 

 I do say that there are many good fellows and 

 sportsmen who come under this heading. Because 

 a City man happens to rent a shooting in a hunting 

 country, he as often as not gets the character for 

 being an enemy to foxhunting. This report gets 

 passed on, and, probably before anyone knows him, 

 it is common talk that Mr. Blank means to kill 

 every fox in the coverts, etc., etc. Then, perchance, 

 his neighbours, who are probably hunting people, 

 do not call on him. This perhaps he resents, and 



