He was slovenly as to his dress, and several stories are told of his appearance. Once he appeared on parade in beagling shoes which he bought from Gane’s in the High Street and wore on every possible occasion. He always ran with his shirt hanging out behind, at least his shirt always came out when he ran. He did not care a button what he wore; his clothes were bought merely with a view to respectability and not to smartness. His language was his own; he had a knack of coming out with peculiar expressions, and yet his personality was delightful. In some mysterious way he smoothed over every trouble. There was only one farmer who gave him any difficulty, and he made friends with two enemies of the E.C.H. On one occasion he disturbed the pheasant coverts of a certain gentleman, who was furious, as was his keeper; but Hunt on going to apologise so touched the heart of the old gentleman that from that time forth he was one of the firmest friends of the hunt. Hunt gives a list of farmers in his time, and his remarks on how to treat them are well worth recording: “Mr. G. Lillywhite Eton Wick. *Mr. Lovell Eton Wick. *G. White Boveney. *T. White Dorney. J. Trumper Dorney. *— Twynch Cippenham. *J. D. Chater Cippenham. *A. H. Atkins, Sen. Farnham Court. *A. H. Atkins, Jun. Chalvey. *H. Cantrell Upton Lea. *H. F. Nash Langley. J. Nash Langley. *J. Five Langley. R. Talbot Ditton. *S. Pullen Horton. *C. Cantrell Riding Court. Vet. Surgeon Datchet. H. Wells Dutchman’s Farm. Slocock Upton Court. *Major Langley. *T. C. Moore Upton. “Great care should be taken about Mr. ——, as he is a very awkward customer and an awful snob, and so he must be dealt with very gingerly. “Those marked * must be called on personally. Game, two pheasants and a hare, _must_ be sent to all these farmers annually as early as possible in the football Half. Be careful to address all with an Esq. to their names.” It is such little attentions as these that make the difference between a friend and supporter and an enemy. Hunt instituted this custom of sending game to the farmers, and very successful it proved. It has become a permanent custom, and is regularly observed to this day.