Life at Edmondthorpe 



Mastership, but he absolutely declined the honour, unless he 

 could be associated with Mr. J. M. Richardson as joint Master. 



Surely this appreciation of my brother's organizing and 

 businesslike qualities, as well as his ardour as a sportsman, 

 was a fitting crown to his hunting career. 



He accepted the joint Mastership, and at once set himself, 

 in conjunction with Major-General Brocklehurst, to make as 

 searching a study of the Cottesmore pack of hounds, their 

 pedigrees, capacity and reputation, as he had done in past 

 years of the Brocklesby pack. 



11 The best huntsman, the best whips, the best hounds and 

 the best horses are only good enough for this big county," he 

 said, and these, to fill gaps in the Cottesmore stables and 

 kennels, in conjunction with Major-General Brocklehurst, he 

 set himself resolutely to obtain. The joint Masters appointed 

 T. J. Isaac, Junr., late Huntsman of the Blankney, to the same 

 position with the Cottesmore, and he proved himself, as they 

 anticipated, one of the best men they could have found for the 

 post, as good in regard to the training and management of the 

 hounds as he was across country as a horseman. It is sad to 

 record that his death occurred not long after my brother's. 



It is a well-known fact that the appointment of the new 

 Master of Foxhounds, especially as in this case when the pack 

 is popular and fashionable, often causes jealousy among other 

 aspirants to the position, but in this case the appointment was 

 unanimously approved, no doubt due to Maunsell's profound 

 knowledge of hunting in all its branches. Then, too, his 

 genial temper, courtesy, inability to believe in the petty 

 jealousies of others, and his pleasure in honest outspoken 

 criticism, were rare assets, disarming the captious, and winning 

 over those who might be tempted to be troublesome. 



Not long ago a mutual friend, whom my brother and I had 



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