HISTOKY OF THE 

 MEYNELL HOUNDS AND COUNTRY 



CHAPTER I. 



" HOUNDS, PLEASE ! " — CUB - HUNTING — GOOD RUN FROM 

 ROLLESTON — RUN OF THE SEASON FROM LOXLEY — 

 HUNT MEETING — THE COMING OF AGE OF LORD BAGOT 

 — GOOD RUN FROM LONGFORD CAR STEEPLECHASING. 



1877-1878. 

 The Field, 1877 :— 



The longest date back in Cecil's Stud Book is to 1779, where mention is made 

 of a bitch called Rosamond by Mr. Meynell's Roister out of Lord Ludlow's Tasty, 

 and it must be a source of satisfaction to Lord Waterpark, Mr. Clowes, and 

 especially to the late Mr. Meynell Ingram's family, who so nobly gave the country 

 the pack in 1871, to note that the present Meynell pack trace back to an extra- 

 ordinary degree to the hounds belonging to the famous Mr. Meynell of over a 

 hundred years ago, for history does not give us the pedigree of Roister, exceptmg 

 that he belonged to Mr. Meynell and had a daughter called Rosamond in 1779. 

 To her many of the Meynell hounds trace to-day, and, as an instance, I take a 

 hound mentioned in Bell last week, in connection with Lord Galway's entry, viz. 

 Baronet, by Bachelor out of Winsome by Rookwood, son of Reginald by Mr. 

 Foljambe's Reginald, who was got by the Brocklesby Ruler out of Brazen by 

 Belvoir Furrier out of Bauble by Sparkler — Buxom by Belvoir Bluecap — Skilful 

 by Brocklesby Chaser — Sybil by Osbaldeston Ranter, son of the famous Furrier — 

 Songstress by Warbler, son of Jason by Joker — Troublesome by Belvoir Topper 

 — Rarity by Brocklesby Ranter — Stately by Mr. Meynell's Sparkler — Tawdry by 

 Trickster — Caroline by Castor — Harlot by Hymen, son of Milton Hymen and 

 Rosamond entered in 1779 (at, say, twelve months old), so born exactly a 

 hundred years ago, and got by Mr. Meynell's Roister — Lord Ludlow's Tasty. In 

 the above long pedigree there is a great deal more interesting matter to study, 

 for it traces to the same source as the Drake Duster, viz. to Mr. Savile's Carver, 

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