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the Hunt in 1920, in recognition of his long and honourable services. to 1 90 1, when he took over the Mastership. At this time Mr. Barclay was down to the shires to be with the Quorn, Cottesmore, and Belvoir he pro- whose land we hunt, and such cordial relations must inevitably tend towards the stress of war-time conditions, when the prospects for future hunting were so gloomy, will be long remembered. As the outcome of his in- motors were not so much in use, this entailed long days and hard work. longed his season by going out with the New Forest when all other packs The portrait here given is a reproduction of the painting in oils by so keen on hunting that he was not only out two days with his own pack, faction in the fact that he vacated the Mastership at a time when the Hunt followers of the sport, but he was especially popular with the farmers over all that Mr. Barclay has done pertaining to the welfare of the Hunt in the period he was at the head of affairs he not only enjoyed the esteem of The Late HARRY JUDD. domitable courage and perseverance in this respect, he can find some satis- the prosperity of foxhunting. but also hunted twice a week with Lord Eglinton's, and in these times when had closed their campaign. It would, in fact, be a difficult matter to detail Mr. G. BARCLAY. course of the past twenty years, and how he so successfully carried on under Born in i860, Mr. Barclay was a son of the late Mr. John Barclay of Gateside, and he resides at Thornhill, near Johnstone. During the long W. Carter (painted in 1914), presented to the Master by the members of was never in a more flourishing condition. He really missed no opportunity of hunting, and besides taking horses less rider, he took his full share of the sport during several seasons prior

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