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portrait of the noble Master by the members of the Hunt 

 in acknowledgment of the sport the Duke had shown for 

 the twenty-five years of his Mastership. 



Unfortunately, there was a very sharp frost, and hunt- 

 ing was impossible, but the members turned up in great 

 force for the breakfast and the presentation, which was 

 thus recorded in the Staffordshire Advertiser of the 

 following day : 



" Yesterday morning a largo companj' assembled at Trentham Hall, on the 

 occasion of a presentation being made to the Duke of Sutherland, in recognition 

 of his valued services as Master of the North Staffordshire ,Hunt for a period of 

 twenty-five years. The presentation took the form of a portrait of His Grace 

 by Professor Herkomer, R.A., towards the cost of which there were about four 

 liundred subscribers, embracing the members, supporters, and tenant-farmers of 

 the Hunt. The portrait is a splendid work of art, representing the Duke seated 

 and in morning dress. The pose is natural, and the likeness is excellent, the 

 features of his Grace bearing a very happy expression. A printed list of the 

 subscribers, bound in crimson, accompanied the testimonial. Mr. R. N. Wood 

 and Mr. A. Simpson (secretary to the Hunt) have been the hon. secretaries of 

 the presentation movement, which has met with a ready response in the district 

 of the Hunt. Among the company of about two hundred and fifty attending the 

 proceedings yesterday were the following: — Members of the Hunt: Mr. J. W. 

 Philips, Mr. R. N. Wood, Mr. W. E. Bowers, Sir George Chetwode, Bart., Mr. 

 Delves Broughton (Doddington), Mr. W. W. Dobson, Mr. A. H. Heath, Mr. F. 

 J. Harrison, Mr. R. P. Copeland, Sir Hill Child, Bart., Captain Stamer, Mr. C. E. 

 Challinor, Mr. R. Doualdson-Hudson (Cheswardine), Mr. J. A. Fairhurst, Mr. R. 



D. Garde, Mr. Jamss Hall, Mr. H. 0. Jones, Mr. C. R. A. Birch, Mr. G. Menzies, 

 Mr. J. A. Tomlin^on, Mr. J. G. Knight, Mr. J. H. Knight, Mr. A. W. Leedam. 

 :\Ir. A. W. Radford Norcop, Mr. W. Moat, Mr. W. R. Parker Jervis, Mr. P. H. 

 Rawson, Mr. F. G. Mather, Mr. A. Simpson, Mr. W. R. Kirkham, Mr. W. 

 Thompson, Mr. T. W. Twyford, Mr. R. C. Trigger, Mr. J. Meadows, jun., Mr. 



E. J. W. Wood, Mr, F. R. Patzer, Mr. J. H. Rimmer, Mr. R. Stevenson, Mr. A. 

 Fielding, Mr. W. Mould, and Mr. C. J. Stubbs. Subscribers and tenant-farmers : 

 Messrs. J. Bourne (Rectory Farm, Mucklestone), R. B. Mellard, Joseph Bayley, 

 R. Read, T. C. Heath, W. S. Heaton, Matthew Hall, E, Darlington, M. Darling- 

 ton, W. Darlington, J. Darlington, T. Wibberley, E. Noden (Seabridge), J. Q. 

 Lamb, J. Marston, J. Nunnerley, E. Sandbach, E. Simpson, J. Vernon, G. Vernon, 

 T. M. Unett, T. Westray, J. Warrillow, R. S. Wilkinson, T. Noden (Bridgmere), 

 T. Bagnall, R. Hassall, W. Jackson, T. Wood, W. F. Wilkinson, W. Woolley, 

 J. Ansell, J. Ball, F. C. Beeston, F. G. Bennett, T. Brandon, A. Brown, C. Byrd, 

 E. Clowes, W. Coomer, J. Dorrell, T. Earp, J. Blockley, A. E. Chadderton, T. 

 Parton, etc. The presentation took place in the dining-room, the Duke being 

 accompanied by the Duchess of Sutherland and their children (the Marquis of 

 Stafford and Lord Alistair Leveson-Gower), Miss Chaplin, Miss Florence 

 Chaplin, and Mrs. Twemlow (Betley Court). 



"Mr. J. W. Philips, addressing the Duke, said it had fallen to his part, as 

 chairman of the committee, to present to his Grace his portrait from the members, 



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