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Master would probably say, " Yes " — and 

 other things as well ! 



The resio^nation of Lord Chesham as Master 

 of the Bicester, was a matter for real sorrow 

 amongst hunting men. As a splendid type 

 of an Englishman, both in mind and body, 

 he would be (as he is in riding to hounds) 

 " hard to beat." An extraordinary number of 

 "the right sort" may always be seen follow- 

 ing this pack and the Duke of Grafton's, in- 

 cluded amongst them being such well-known 

 personages in the hunting world as Sir 

 Eainald (or is it "Lord" now?) Knightley 

 and Lady Knightley, Lord and Lady Law- 

 rence, Lord Capel, Lord Bentinck, Hon. 

 Douglas Pennant, Baron de Tuyll, Earl of 

 Ellesmere, Messrs. Lambton, George Drake, 

 Grazebrooke, Campbell, Harrison, Mr. Walter 

 and Lady D. Long, Hon. R. Grosvenor, 

 Messrs. Fuller, Peareth, and last, but by no 

 means least. Captain Edward Pennell Elm- 

 hirst ("Brooksby" of The Field). Many 

 more there be, but, alas ! treacherous memory 

 deserts me, and I must pass on. 



