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The presentation was made by Lord Harewood, who 

 said : — 



' Mr. Lane Fox: — I am proud that the honour devolves 

 ' upon me this mornin_sr of presenting to you this token of 

 ' our esteem. We all tender to you our heartfelt acknow- 

 ' ledgments for the manner in which you have supplied the 

 ' hunting needs of this country for the last five and twenty 

 ' years. And we feel that the sport we have had has been 

 ' in a large measure owing to the great care and attention 

 ' which you have given to the breeding of foxhounds, which 

 ' have, we are proud to think, placed the Bramham Moor 

 ' hounds in a position second to that of no other pack in 

 ' the kingdom.' His Lordship, after some further remarks, 

 presented the Testimonial, &c. 



Mr. Lane Fox, in returning thanks, said : — 



' My Lord Harewood : — The very kind manner in which 

 ' you have spoken of me, and the too-flattering address which 

 ' you have just read, and the sight of the magnificent service 

 ' of plate nt)w presented to me, have dazzled me, and over- 

 ' whelmed me with nervousness and confusion. I approach 

 ' with fear and trembling the difficult task of properly 

 ' expressing my heartfelt thanks to all my kind friends and 

 ' brother sportsmen for giving to me the handsomest Testi- 

 ' monial ever presented to a Master of Foxhounds. I must 

 ' beg you to be good-natured to me, as you have ever been, 

 ' and not to criticise my feeble efforts too severely, because 

 ' I will admit that, for the first time in my life, 1 regret that 

 ' in my school-days I was more partial to rat-hunting than 

 ' to reading ; consequently I have no language at command 

 ' that can possibly convey to you the intense feelings of 

 ' pride and pleasure which at this moment fill my heart. 



' Ladies and Gentlemen, I know it is not the custom of 

 ' hunting men in this country to loiter ,ibout the feeding-room 



