A History of the Meynell Hounds and Country - 1780 to 1901

J. L. Randall

• Publisher: Read Country Books
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781473332096
• eBook ISBN: 9781473341975

First published in 1901, this is the second volume of a fascinating history of the Meynell Hounds, one of the most respected and prestigious hunting packs in the United Kingdom. Including a new introduction to the foxhound. This text has been republished here for its historical and cultural significance. Including a brand new introduction to the Foxhound.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Chapter I. “Hounds, please!”—Cub-hunting—Good Run from Rolleston—Run of the Season from Loxley—Hunt Meeting—The Coming of Age of Lord Bagot—Good Run from Longford Car—Steeplechasing
• Chapter II. Fresh Faces—The Opening Day—Good Run from Sutton Gorse—A Fox killed on the Ice at Sudbury—An Unmanageable Field—Good Run from Dunstall—End of the Season
• Chapter III. The Opening Day—Good Yoxall Day—The “Beauty” Ball—Good Run from Barton-Blount—Fast Gallop from the Pennywaste
• Chapter IV. Lord Waterpark—Presentation to Lord Waterpark—Lord Waterpark’s Speech
• Chapter V. Lord Waterpark’s Last Season—Good Evening Gallop from Foston—Capital Cubley Day—Great Run from Shirley Park—A Sheep-dog kills the Fox—End of Lord Waterpark’s Diary—Hunt Meeting—Discussion about the Kennels—The Question of Expense—Election of “Squire” Chandos-Pole—Friary Cricket Club Fancy-dress Ball
• Chapter VI. The Squire—Miss Chandos-Pole—Great Run from Rolleston to Bagot’s Park—Plantagenet again—Mr. Tom Smith of Worcester Kennel Lore—The first time Boden’s Thorns was drawn—The Ingestre Accident—Mr. Dudley Fox
• Chapter VII. Mr. F. Cotton—His Walk to Perthshire—His Match with the Marquis of Queensberry—Merryman—Great Brailsford Run—Major F. W. Peacock—End of the Season 1882–1883
• Chapter VIII. Some Men and Other Things—“Bill” Power—Deaths of Lord Vernon and Mr. Bass—Reminiscences of Forty Years with the Meynell
• Chapter IX. Sport in the Eighties—Captain Holland—Good Run from Shirley Park—Mr. E. A. J. Maynard—Good Day from Walton—The Green Covert at Egginton—Mr. Chandos-Pole’s Private Pack—Mr. Hamar Bass becomes Joint-Master
• Chapter X. The Joint-Mastership of the “Squire” and Mr. Hamar Bass, M.P.—G. S. L. on the Hounds—Wonderful Run of Five Hours—Death of the Third Lord Bagot
• Chapter XI. The “Squire’s” Last Season—Two Canards—Wonderful Run from Snelston—Resignation of the “Squire”—Report of the Special Committee
• Chapter XII. Mr. Hamar Bass, M.F.H., M.P.—Death of Mr. R. Sale—A Good Opening Day—Three Good Gallops—A Derbyshire Scurry—The Annual Meeting—Derbyshire Hunting Song
• Chapter XIII. Rolleston—The Great Frost—End of the Season—Mr. H. S. Charrington
• Chapter XIV. Foston—Mr. Gerald Duncombe—Captain Dugdale—Mr. Frank Cooper
• Chapter XV. Loxley—The Fox crossesthe Trent to Donington Park—Mr. Frank Newton—Election of the Deputy-Master—Mr. F. A. Brace
• Chapter XVI. Mr. Richard Fort, M.F.H.—The Great Moddershall Oaks Run—The Great Winster Run—Captain Jacobson—The First of Sir Peter Walker’s Point-to-Point Races—Stephen Burtenshaw
• Chapter XVII. The Year of the Great Frost—Sir Peter Walker’s Dinner to the Meynell Hunt—The Wettest Season ever known—End of the Season 1894–1895—Mr. Caldecott—Great Run from the Bath, Hoar Cross—The First Day on which Stephen carried the Horn—The Great Hill Run to Elton—Good Run from Bentley Car—Mr. Charles Garnett and Mr. Hartley
• Chapter XVIII. Mr. Fort’s Last Season as Deputy-Master—Accounting for Seven Foxes in One Day—Sir Peter Walker’s Point-to-Point Races—Mr. Fort’s Resignation—Hunt Meeting—The Ladies’ Cricket Match
• Chapter XIX. Mr. Bass’s Last Season—Hunt Meeting—Resignation of Mr. Bass—Presentation to Charles Leedham—Death of Mr. Bass—The Meynell Puppy Show—First Puppy Show Luncheon
• Chapter XX. An Unlucky Season—Blithbury—Five Foxes in Shirley Park—Mr. Blount’s Foxes—A Hilton Day—Accident to Colonel the Hon. W. Coke—From Croxall to Elford Gorse—Death of Lord Vernon—Good Run from Carry Coppice—Bye-day at Shirley Mill—A Good Day from Foston—The “Squire’s” Hounds in Bagot’s Woods—From Kingston Wood to Hound Hill—Sport Moderate—A Newborough Day—A Good Old-fashioned Thursday—Death of Colonel Levett—Colonel Levett—A Radburne Day—The Bob-tailed Doveridge Fox—Barbed Wire—A Good Five-and-forty Minutes—A Hilton Day—Harry Bonner resigns
• Chapter XXI. “Steve”—A Couple of Hounds dug out of a Drain—Good Brailsford Day—A Bishton Fox—Wedding Present to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cooper—A Good Cubley Bye-day—A Batch of Youngsters—Sport improves—A Terrier kills the Fox—A Clinking Gallop from Reeve’s Moor—Great Day with the “Squire’s” Hounds—A Hard Day from Longford—The Last Day of the “Squire’s” Pack
• Chapter XXII. Finis Coronat Opus—Good Run from Boden’s Thorns—A Long Blithbury Day—A Darley Moor Day—A Nice Sudbury Day—Mr. Duncombe Master for the Day—Good Day from Foston—An Unruly Field—A Good Day from New Inn—A Fox-killing Day—Presentation to Stephen Burtenshaw—The Meynell Entry—The Goose with the Golden Eggs
• Appendix I. Masters and Committees
• Appendix II. Subscriptions and Compensation
• Appendix III. Rules for Future Guidance of Committee
• Appendix IV. Meynell Hunt Rules and Standing Orders
• Appendix V. List of Masters, Huntsmen, and Hounds
• Index