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but in the Grantham district there is no crowd. Yet 

 the squires and farmers have been hard riders from 

 their youth up. They were trained and led by such 

 men as the late Duke of Rutland, Frank Gillard, 

 Messrs. Hutchinson, " Banker " Hardy, Sir Thomas 

 Whichcote, Mr. John Welby and many more heroes, 

 past and present. There will be rivalry and some 

 of what Brooksby happily calls " zealous " riding. 

 If, however, you love hunting and yet cannot take 

 your place with such as these, then surely an easier 

 sphere is really more likely to afford enjoyment where, 

 at less cost of nerve and horseflesh, you can see hounds 

 at work. I say horseflesh because, with a few, very 

 few, exceptions, no man can really enjoy himself 

 from Grantham except on good stout well-bred horses 

 in hard condition. But if you have the horses and 

 can ride them, and yet hounds are still your first 

 thought in hunting, then by all means go to Grantham 

 and you will never regret it. 



