The Badminton Magazine 1898-04: Vol 6 Iss 33 (1898)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 2
he stranger was fully discussed. The general feeling was one of welcome to a sportsman who intended to come and reside amongst them. As Ben put it, ‘He’s welcome enough to hunt with us so long as he behaves himself, but he mustn’t interfere with our hounds, or be trying on any new-fangled ideas;… … been intimated to the stud-groom—the Pudlington did not advertise—and so it was fairly certain that the unknown would appear. It might be thought that something in the way of a general smartening-up would have taken place as a compliment to the quality of the new-comer, but no—the Pudlington spirit…
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