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the exigencies of the war, being of a temporary 

 nature. 



These matters being settled, the other terms pre- 

 sented no difficulty. Messrs. ^^^litley dealt gener- 

 ously with the committee in the matter of a guarantee, 

 their only anxiety being to provide sport and to 

 preserve the hunt from the disaster that threatened 

 it owing to the impossibility of finding a master 

 elsewhere at such a time. By their public-spirited 

 action the brothers have earned not only the grati- 

 tude of the present members of the hunt, but also that 

 of succeeding generations, in that the new masters, 

 in tiding over this time of stress and difficulty, 

 assured the future of the sport. The hunt is also 

 indebted to Mr. W. R. Vicary for undertaking, despite 

 great pressure of business, the work of honorary 

 secretary. 



The new masters bought Major Cooke Hurle's pack, 

 which remains kennelled, as heretofore, at Pulsford 

 Hills. Reeves has been kept on as huntsman, and, 

 though sport for the moment is of secondary import- 

 ance as compared with the necessity of killing foxes 

 (for which reason I refrain from going into particulars 

 of runs during this mastership), he has been very 

 successful in attaining both objects. 



There have been some additions to the field of late 

 years. Among the younger members, Miss Ainger 

 sets a good example in keenness to the girls of the 

 present day, an example that was followed by Miss 

 Tinline as long as she was in the country. Mr. Arden, 

 from Sladnor, is now serving in France, and Mr. 

 G. Knight-Bruce is also, I believe, in khaki. Lord 

 Hambleden, also on service abroad, does not hunt with 

 the pack, but all the weight of his influence is applied 

 in favour of the sport. Mrs. Blake way was at one 



