Many people imagine that to be a Master of Foxhounds you have only to
get a horse--but besides the matter of pounds, shillings and pence,
you have to create an interest amongst the farmers over whose land you
hunt, and whose sheep, pigs and lambs you frighten. One, therefore,
has to use a certain amount of diplomacy.
_Gelligaer Steeplechases,
April 12th, 1910._
Nothing tends to brush away the cobwebs so much as a bracing run with
the hounds. Fox hunting is an admirable sport, and my neighbours shall
enjoy it as long as there is a fox to be found on my estate.
_At Tredegar House,
October 30th, 1884._