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friendly way to all that he possibly could. He 

 had done his best to act on the old lines — 



" Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, 

 To silence envious tongues : be just, and fear not." 



Mr Guest's first acquaintance with their country, 

 he told his hearers, dated back to 1862, and a 

 thing that remained stamped on his memory 

 happened when he was going to a meet at the 

 Five Bridges. Near Bow Bridge turnpike a groom 

 met him, and to his surprise he heard the man 

 say, " Good morning, Sir John," as he passed. 

 Mr Guest's own impression was that he was being 

 saluted by a title to which he could lay no claim, 

 but it afterwards appeared that the groom had 

 recognised the horse he was riding, which was one 

 known as Sir John Barleycorn, and had formerly 

 belonged to Mr Digby of Sherborne Castle. That 

 groom, the Master said, was Bichard Anderson, 

 who was now his stud -groom at the kennels, 

 and the very best groom any man could wish 

 to have. 



Beferring to his predecessors in the office of 

 Master of the Blackmore Vale, Mr Guest said 

 that when he was selected in 1884 to fill that 

 post, he felt that to keep the lustre of the Hunt 

 up to its former standard could be no easy task. 

 He had, however, done his best, and with the help 

 of hounds and scent, and their own unwavering 

 support, he hoped that he had in some measure 

 succeeded. During his term of office they had 



