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ever killed by the great Sir Richard Sutton, of Lincoln- 

 shire and Leicestershire fame. It was presented by him 

 to his old hunting ally, Mr. S. W. Clowes. 



The Meynell are indebted to Captain Clowes for the 

 new covert above Snelston Rectory, called Hell pits, where 

 the cattle which died and were killed in the great cattle 

 plague year about 1865 were buried. The word "Hell" 

 is derived from the Saxon verb Hellen, to hide, and means 

 the Hidden Place. Hence, Hell meadows, Hell brook, etc., 

 in this and other countries. All the other coverts on the 

 Norbury estate, except old Hope Wood, were planted by 

 his father. Captain Ernest Clowes does not often miss a 

 day with the Meynell when he is on leave, and most people 

 know the rather queer -tempered bay horse, a home-bred 

 one, on which he won his Regimental point-to-point race. 

 He served through the greater part of the South African 

 campaign, sharing the hardships of the Kimberley relief 

 expedition. Oddly enough, he got off without a scratch 

 in the real warfare, but has recently sustained two rather 

 serious accidents in polo tournaments. 



1867-1868. 



The custom of meeting at Sudbury for the opening 

 day having been now for some years thoroughly established, 

 it is not necessary to specify the place any more. This 

 season, which will always be memorable in the annals of 

 the Meynell for the great run of February 6th, began on 

 October 28 th. Amongst other celebrities who came to see 

 a day's sport with the hounds were Lord Spencer, the 

 Marquis of Hastings and Lady Hastings, who, as Lady 

 Florence Paget, has been mentioned before as going well, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Musters, Gillard, Mr. Magniac, Lord and Lady 

 Wilton, Mr. Little Gilmour, Lord Halifax and his brother, 

 Captain the Hon. H. Wood, Lady A. Coke, Lord Dawe, 

 Captain Tempest, Mr. Hall of the Hulderness, and Captain 

 Cunningham of steeple-chase fame. The only entry worth 

 noting in November was on the 21st, when they ran a fox 



