246 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. 



CHAPTER XXL 



MR. S, W. CLOWES, M.F.H., M.P. — CAPTAIN H. A. CLOWES 



MR. W. BODEN ON BRANDY WINE — THE FASTEST RUN 

 WITH THE MEYNELL — HAROLD. 



1867-1868. 



Mr. Clowes, better known as William Clowes, though he 

 also bore the name of Samuel, as his forefathers had done 

 before him, was born at Sutton Hall, at Sutton-on-the-Hill, 

 in Derbyshire, on January 27th, 1821. His father, who 

 served all through the Peninsular AVar, commanded his 

 regiment, the 3rd Light Dragoons (now the 3rd Hussars), 

 at Salamanca, retiring with the rank of Colonel after the 

 war. He lived at Park Hill, where he kept a pack of 

 harriers, and subsequently at Yeldersley and Spoudon. 

 His wife was a Holden of Aston. So his son might cer- 

 tainly claim to be Derbyshire born and Derbyshire bred. 



In due course he was sent to Rugby, matriculating at 

 Brasenose College, Oxford, in November, 1839. Almost 

 the first entry, in an extremely interesting diary, is — 

 " November 14th, Heythrop. Hounds at Sturdy 's Castle. 

 Rode a roaring black horse of Figg's. Good fast half-hour, 

 which, of course, I did not see. Lost at Deddington. My 

 first day's hunting." On January 3rd, 1840, he mentions 

 a day with "Lord Hastings' hounds at Horsley. Rode 

 father's hack, Selim. Ran fast to Hayes Wood, and killed." 

 From the pages of this diary it is evident that he hunted 

 pretty frequently during his University career with the 

 Heythrop, Berkshire, Mr. John Phillips's, and Mr. Drake's 

 hounds. This application to the chace did not, however, 



