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course of a run from Chorley Wood, was presented 

 with a cheque for ;^320o by three hundred and eighty 

 subscribers, foremost of whom was the King, then 

 Prince of Wales ; others were the Dukes of Beaufort, 

 Rutland, Portland, and Somerset ; the Duchesses of 

 Newcastle and Sutherland ; the Bishop of Peter- 

 borough ; Lords Belper, Dudley, Essex, Lonsdale, 

 Harrington, Kenyon, Edward Manners, Crawshaw, 

 Newark, W. Bentinck, H. Bentinck, Percy St. Maur, 

 Trevor, Henry Vane Tempest ; Sir Gilbert Greenall, 

 and a host of notabilities in the world of sport, all of 

 whom responded to Mr. J. D. Craddock's invitation. 

 The presentation of the cheque, together with a large 

 silver salver, was made by Lord Belper, chairman of 

 the Quorn Hunt Committee, in the presence of a large 

 assemblage, at Mr. E. H. Warner's house. This was 

 the largest presentation ever made to a huntsman, and 

 might be described as a pension. Of course, Scott's 

 testimonial did not amount to much more than ten per 

 cent, of this sum ; but every subscriber knew Scott 

 personally, while I doubt if fifty of Tom Firr's sub- 

 scribers would have recognised him if they had met 

 him in his ordinary clothes in the street. Now, a 

 huntsman ought to be in such a sound financial 

 position that he can afford to regard a testimonial 

 as a remote contingency, like an unexpected legacy 

 from a maiden aunt. Within a week of penning these 

 lines, I was under the impression that his tips would 

 enable a thrifty huntsman to live in clover durmg the 

 declining period of his life, and that his salary was a 

 mere bagatelle to him. The fact that I had formed a 



