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presented with the sum of ^1379, 4s in a silver cup, 

 with the following address on vellum : — 



' Presented to Charles Payne on Thursday, 26th July 

 1883, the sum of 1379 pounds, 4 shillings, including the 

 cost of a silver hunting horn and this address, by 

 members of the Wynnstay Hunt and other friends, as 

 an expression of their high appreciation of his uniform 

 civility and constant endeavour to show sport during the 

 eighteen years he hunted Sir Watkin Wynn's hounds.' 



He died in F'ebruary 1894. Frank Goodall came 

 from the Meath to succeed Charles Payne, but I don't 

 think that Frank's warmest friends would contend that 

 he was a success at Wynnstay. No doubt the Whit- 

 church Saturdays, which drew crowds of the best men 

 that Shropshire, Cheshire, and the Welsh Marches could 

 produce, tried Goodall's temper, and comparisons between 

 his manner and the winning ways of Charles Payne 

 were not to the advantage of the newcomer. But then 

 there was no Sir Watkin with Frank to smooth matters 

 for him, and the absence of the Master could not fail to 

 be severely felt by a new huntsman thus suddenly thrown 

 among strangers. Meanwhile Sir Watkin's health grew 

 worse and worse. And the terrible shock dealt to his 

 shattered nerves on the evening of May 30th, 1884, un- 

 questionably hastened his end. He was sitting in his 

 drawing-room in St James's Square about 10 P.M., when 

 a frightful explosion shook the house to its very founda- 

 tions. The crash of breaking glass, the fall of dislocated 

 masonry, the screams of terrified servants, all combined 

 to create a scene of horror never to be forgotten. 

 Almost simultaneously there was another tremendous 

 explosion at the Junior Carlton Club close by. Two 

 dynamite bombs were the cause of the disasters ; 



