MENTOR PARTNERS LP
SC 13D/A, 1998-03-26
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. 2)1

                               The WMF Group, Ltd.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                     Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    929289106
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                                 (Cusip Number)

                                 Daniel R. Tisch
                            c/o Mentor Partners, L.P.
                                 500 Park Avenue
                            New York, New York 10022
                                 (212) 935-7640
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                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                                 March 25, 1998
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                      (Date of Event which Requires Filing
                               of this Statement)

     If the filing  person has  previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition  which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing
this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [ ].

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement [ ]. (A fee is
not required only if the reporting person:  (1) has a previous statement on file
reporting  beneficial  ownership  of more  than  five  percent  of the  class of
securities  described  in Item 1;  and (2) has  filed  no  amendment  subsequent
thereto reporting  beneficial  ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)

Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed with
the  comission.  See Rule  13d-1(a)  for other  parties to whom copies are to be
sent.

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1    The  remainder  of this  cover  page  shall be filled  out for a  reporting
persons's  initial  filing on this form with  respect  to the  subject  class of
securities,  and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes.).


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D


CUSIP No. 929289106                               Page    2    of    8    Pages
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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     Mentor Partners, L.P.  Employer I.D.# 06-126-0469
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*               (a)  [ ]
                                                                     (b)  [X]

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3    SEC USE ONLY


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4    SOURCE OF FUNDS*

     WC
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5    CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
     ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                                    [ ]

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6    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     State of Delaware
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        NUMBER OF             7    SOLE VOTING POWER

         SHARES                    251,600
                         -------------------------------------------------------
      BENEFICIALLY             8   SHARED VOTING POWER

        OWNED BY                   0
                         -------------------------------------------------------
          EACH                9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

        REPORTING                  251,600
                         -------------------------------------------------------
         PERSON               10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

          WITH                     0

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11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     251,600
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12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 
                                                                        [ ]

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13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

     5.0%
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14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     PN
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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     This  Amendment No. 2 amends the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  on January  22,  1998,  as amended on
February  23, 1998 (the  "Schedule  13D") by Mentor  Partners,  L.P., a Delaware
limited  partnership  (the  "Partnership"),  relating to Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "Shares"),  of The WMF Group, Ltd., a Delaware  corporation
(the  "Company").  Capitalized  terms used and not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Schedule 13D.


Item 5.   Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

     The  information  set forth in Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended
and  supplemented  by  adding  the  following   information  to  the  respective
paragraphs thereof:

     (a) As of the date hereof,  the Partnership owns  beneficially an aggregate
of 244,200 Shares of the Company (or approximately  4.8% of the Company's Common
Stock  outstanding on January 6, 1998) and the  Partnership may be deemed to own
beneficially  an  aggregate  of an  additional  7,400  Shares of the Company (or
approximately  0.1% of the Company common stock  outstanding on January 6, 1998)
owned by  Offshore,  in each case  based on the  number of  5,042,748  Shares of
Company Common Stock then outstanding as reported by the Company.

     (c) Except as set forth in Exhibit A, which is hereby  incorporated  herein
by reference,  no  transactions in the Shares have been effected during the past
sixty days by the Partnership


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or, to its best knowledge, any of the Control Persons or Offshore.

     (e) The  Partnership  ceased to be the  beneficial  owner of more than five
percent of the Shares of the Company Common Stock on March 25, 1998.


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                                    SIGNATURE

     After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my  knowledge  and belief,  I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.

                                                  March 26, 1998
                                                  --------------
                                                      (Date)


                                                  /s/  Daniel R. Tisch
                                                  --------------------
                                                     (Signature)


                                                  Daniel R. Tisch
                                                  Authorized Signatory
                                                  MENTOR PARTNERS, L.P.
                                                  ---------------------
                                                     (Name/Title)


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit A --   Dispositions of Shares by the Partnership and
               Offshore During the Past Sixty Days.


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                                    EXHIBIT A

                    Dispositions of Shares by the Partnership
                     and Offshore During the Past Sixty Days
                     ---------------------------------------

                          Date of          Number     Aggregate      Price Per
   Entity              Transaction       of Shares      Price          Share

Partnership         February 17, 1998     (10,000)    153,825.00      15.383

                    February 18, 1998     (18,000)    285,210.00      15.845

                    February 18, 1998        (500)      8,375.00      16.750

                    February 19, 1998     (17,500)    295,965.25      16.912

                    February 20, 1998     (30,000)    559,932.00      18.664

                    February 20, 1998      (3,500)     67,375.00      19.250

                    February 23, 1998      (5,200)    102,792.94      19.679

                       March 18, 1998       (7000)    140,779.30      20.111

                       March 19, 1998       (1000)     20,469.31      20.469

                       March 19, 1998     (10,200)    222,167.96      21.781

                       March 20, 1998       (2000)     47,068.42      23.534

                       March 20, 1998      (2,500)     60,522.98      24.209

                       March 20, 1998      (3,700)     85,888.93      23.213

                       March 23, 1998       (2000)     49,938.33      24.969

                       March 24, 1998      (2,600)     66,465.74      25.564

                       March 25, 1998       (3000)     81,201.30      27.067

                       March 25, 1998       (1800)     47,742.48      26.523


Offshore            February 18, 1998       (2000)     31,690.00      15.845

                    February 19, 1998       (2000)     33,824.60      16.912

                    February 20, 1998       (1500)     27,996.60      18.664

                    February 23, 1998       (1000)     19,767.74      19.767

                       March 18, 1998       (1800)     36,200.39      20.111

                       March 19, 1998        (700)     15,246.82      21.781

                       March 20, 1998        (500)     11,767.11      23.534

                       March 20, 1998        (500)     12,104.59      24.209

                       March 20, 1998        (500)     11,606.61      23.213

                       March 23, 1998        (500)     12,484.58      24.969


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                       March 24, 1998       (1100)     28,120.12      25.564

                       March 25, 1998        (500)     13,533.50      27.067


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All of the  above-listed  transactions  by the  Partnership  and  Offshore  were
effected on the NASDAQ National Market.


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