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CHAPTER XXVII. 



THE FIRST MEETING OF THE HUNT KENNELS AND STABLES 



— TESTIMONIAL TO TOM LEEDHAM " DERBY WEEK." 



1872-1873. 



This chapter must necessarily open with a meeting of 

 gentlemen connected with the hunt, which was held at 

 the Royal Hotel, Derby, on Friday, February 23rd, 1872. 

 There were present, Lord Bagot, Lord Waterpark, Hon. E. 

 K. W. Coke, Hon. A. Strutt, Sir P. Heywood, Mr. W. 

 Clowes, M.P., Mr. A. Bass, M.P., Mr. E. A. Holden, Mr. 

 J. Broadhurst, Captain Buncombe, Mr. J. Levett, Mr. W. 

 Taylor, Mr. N. C. Curzon, Colonel FitzHerbert, Mr. G. J. 

 Moore, Mr. J. Bailey, Mr. H. Boden, Mr. Evans, Captain 

 Goodwin, Mr. T. W. Evans, Mr. R. Sale, Mr. 0. Mosley, 

 Rev. J. Wadham, Mr. C. W. Lyon, Mr. W. Boden, 

 Captain R. Blane, Mr. W. E. T. Cox, Mr. S. R. Cox, Mr. 

 J. Smith, Mr. Jacob Smith, Colonel Cavendish, Mr. J. W. 

 Gascoyne, Major Fountain, Mr. Sampson, Mr. Walker, 

 Mr. C. Eaton,' Mr. E. J. Bird, Mr. J. Bell, Mr. Walton, 

 Mr. Wheeldouj Captain Levett, Mr. Tomlinson, Mr. T. 

 Smith, Mr. L. R. Hall, Mr. Forman, Mr. Fulton, Captain 

 Stepney. 



Lord Bagot, who presided, read the following report of 

 the Hunt Committee. 



Several portions of the report elicited applause. 



The committee appointed at a general meeting of the 

 Meynell Ingram Hunt held on December 8th, 1871, have 

 to report that they, in accordance with instructions received 



