SEASON OF 1915-1916 



A GOOD many years ago, some one said — "A pack of hounds 

 was never successfully hunted by a Committee." It's been 

 tried lots of times, not only here at Radnor, but in other 

 places, so when Horace Hare resigned the Mastership, and 

 a Hunt Committee was elected at the Annual Meeting, 

 there were many misgivings, until Benjamin Chew was 

 elected Master in the spring of 191 5. He had the happy 

 faculty of imbuing new life and enthusiasm in the Radnor 

 foxhunters, besides which, by his efforts, the much-needed 

 improvements to the Club House were accomplished, the 

 kennels and stables done over, everything painted, and 

 our previous steward, Louis Meimbresse, reinstated when 

 the alterations were completed. 



Cubbing started August loth, at 5 a.m. from the ken- 

 nels; Will Leverton hunting the bitch pack of twenty cou- 

 ples, including the young lady entry, with Harry Brown as 

 whipper-in. Only four of us turned up at the meet, Ben 

 Chew, M.F.H., William E. Carter, and William, Jr. We 

 were all delighted the way the young hounds entered to 

 their work, and went home to breakfast that morning 

 with that wonderful feeling that another hunting season 

 had started, and started well. 



Cubs and foxes were very plentiful, hounds giving us 

 some splendid mornings right on through to the opening of 

 the regular season. 



On August 1 8th, I had my first day with Plunket 

 Stewart's new Cheshire hounds, which met on the lawn at 

 five-thirty and found a good running cub, just back of the 

 kennels, that gave us a very satisfactory morning of two 



