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who had been a staunch friend and supporter of 

 the hunt, and had lived up to the motto over the 

 entrance to his house, " Through this wide opening 

 gate none come too early, none return too late." 

 Another prominent member of Mr Farquharson's 

 hunt was Mr Williams, known to his friends as 

 "The Bangalore." The nickname was given to 

 him because on one occasion when the Master 

 was rallying him upon his want of knowledge 

 of hunting, he replied that he had once kept a 

 fox on a chain for three years when he had been 

 stationed at Bangalore. 



During the later years of his reign, Mr Far- 

 quharson had the celebrated Jim Treadwell as 

 his huntsman, Ben Jennings, who had been with 

 him for thirty years, having become too old for 

 his duties. It was when Mr Hall gave up the 

 part of the Vale over which he had hunted, and 

 sold his hounds, that half his pack, together with 

 Treadwell, who had been hunting them, went 

 to Mr Farquharson. The new huntsman was a 

 brilliant rider and a judicious hound-breeder, and 

 he remained with Mr Farquharson to the end 

 of his reign. 



Of the long dispute between Mr Drax and Mr 

 Farquharson, that dragged its weary length through 

 so many years, every one has heard. The cause 

 dated back to the time when Mr Drax Grosvenor, 

 of Char borough, made over his country to Mr Far- 

 quharson soon after the latter had started hunt- 

 ing. An agreement was made between them that 



