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him at the Swan Inn, Alresforcl. The chair 

 was most ably occupied by Mr. Charles Miller, 

 and the vice-chair by that excellent sportsman, 

 Mr. Frederick Bailey of Candover, to whom 

 each master of the hounds has been greatly 

 indebted for his zealous assistance. And pre- 

 sent to testify their good wishes and esteem 

 were Mr. Sclater Booth, M.P., General Coles, 

 the Hon. Arthur Arundell, Lieut. -Colonel 

 Nicoll, Lieut.-ColonelM'Donald, Major Newde- 

 gate (Rifle Brigade), Captain Spicer, Messrs. 

 E. Blackmore, A. Yates, J. James, T. Cor- 

 dery, John Stubbs, T. Redford, R. H. Ether- 

 ington, Parker, Wolfe, &c. 



Mr. Tredcroft was succeeded by Mr. Henry 

 Deacon, an excellent sportsman, who had 

 hunted both harriers and fox-hounds when 

 living at Holwell, near Tavistock, Devon, 

 and with both had proved himself a very 

 patient and persevering huntsman. Mr. Deacon 

 is a quiet, good rider across country. In Devon- 

 shire he rode both on the flat and in several 

 steeple-chases, and particularly distinguished 

 himself at Torquay, in 1854, on his mare 

 Fawn. The first season, Will Fisher was his 

 huntsman, and he was followed by Charles 

 Pike, who lived with Captain Haworth as 

 second horseman, and had since then been 



