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of the farmers and tradesmen round there would do 

 anything for them, we never had anything to fear. 

 So far from being afraid of anyone knowing about 

 their horses, they were only too glad to let anybody 

 know anything. 



During my career I never met two more open- 

 handed men. It did not matter whether it was a 

 hunt-breakfast, a race-luncheon, or anything con- 

 nected with sport, they were at the head of it ; not 

 because they had more money, but because their 

 hearts were in the right place, and although they 

 were despised and looked upon as outsiders when 

 they first came to the district, they were afterwards 

 looked up to as the " saints and saviours " of Melton. 

 Well they deserved it ; their pockets were always 

 open to any good cause, either hunting or otherwise, 

 and I only wish there were more of the same sort to 

 follow in their wake. I can speak of the two late 

 Mr. Behrens, not only with the greatest respect 

 myself, but as two gentlemen who did much 

 to ensure the success and popularity of fox- 

 hunting in the country they lived in and patro- 

 nised. 



A great amount of good was done by the late 

 brothers Behrens. This miofht still be continued, 

 but the virtue lies in the way the thing is done. For 



