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the Hunt servants can place followers of hounds under 

 an obligation to them, though hunting-men very often 

 fail to recognise the obligation. If Masters of Hounds 

 knew of this failure, there would not be so much 

 grumbling about wages amongst Hunt servants, but 

 Masters and Hunt Committees labour under the 

 delusion that the huntsman is making a fortune out 

 of the tips. 



Now, I hold no brief for advocating the grievances 

 of professional huntsmen against Masters of Hounds. 

 Moreover, in this chapter, I am only editing the 

 opinions of an ex-huntsman, loyal to his old Masters, 

 though his ideas in regard to the new school of gentle- 

 men, who fancy that they can hunt their own hounds, 

 would hardly be considered complimentary by the 

 aforesaid new school. 



