238 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1865 



was President for one year of the Shire Horse Society, 

 and there is a prize for shire horses named after him. He 

 was Master of the Meynell hounds during the season 

 immediately succeeding Mr. Meynell Ingram's death, or 

 perhaps, to be strictly accurate, he was field Master in 

 Derbyshire. 



The coverts at Longford are the Car, Eeeve's Moor, 

 and the Finney Bank, one or other of which may always 

 be reckoned on to hold a fox. 



The season of 1865-1866 began at Sudbury Coppice 

 on October 30th. The only reference to the hounds in 

 any publication which has met the writer's eye is the 

 half petulant remark from the editor of BelVs Life, " The 

 Leedhams are still the component part of Mr. Meynell 

 Ingram's establishment, where the grim god of Silence still 

 reigns supreme ! " And so would continue to do were it 

 not for the kindness of Mrs. Meynell Ingram in lending 

 the Hoar Cross diaries, and for what little can be gleaned 

 from the rather untrustworthy source of oral tradition. 



Sport in November was fair, and the only item of 

 interest was the mention of Lord Stanhope being hit by 

 a labourer, but why or wherefore does not appear. There 

 are also two or three cases of foxes with three legs, and 

 even of one with a trap actually on his leg. In fact, there 

 was a scarcity of foxes, for often they only found one in 

 the day. Yet sport was very moderate up to Christmas, 

 which makes against the theory, that if there are but 

 few foxes you are sure to have good sport. 



The first good day was on January 18th, from Eggin- 

 ton. Two of the five ladies mentioned were Misses Hall, 

 but who the other three were does not appear, as neither 

 of the Misses Meynell Ingram were out. 



" On Thursday, 18th, the meet took place at Egginton, 

 and was expected to be more than usually brilliant in 

 consequence of the very large number of strangers visit- 

 ing in the neighbourhood, and also on account of its being 

 a part of the best country hunted by this popular pack. 

 The morning was as favourable to hunting as the most 



