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dam of Linkboy was Lavish. Manager was by Merrimac by Reginald, son of Mr. 

 Foljarabe's Reginald, and so down to the notable Rosamond of 1779, whilst the 

 dam of Manager was Tuneful by Ravager, son of Belvoir Prompter by President 

 by Brocklesby Plunder — Flighty by Fatal, son of Factor, the sire of Destitute, the 

 dam of the Drake Duster. Lavish, the dam of Linkboy, was by Chorister, son of 

 Comus, by Hercules out of Columbine by Foreman, son of Brocklesby Flasher* 

 his dam Fairmaid by the great Furrier. Miracle, not in the list now, was by 

 Councillor, son of Conqueror — Music by Merrimac, so of the same strain down to 

 the gi-eat ancestress, Rosamond. I think the above few remarks show the extra- 

 ordinary high breeding of the Meynell hounds, and if any pack in England 

 wants fresh blood of the most recherche character, I could hardly recommend a 

 finer quarter. 



Subscriptions this year were £3314 13s. bd. ; com- 

 pensation £228 7s. 6d. 



The committee elected on January 4th, 1878, was as 

 follows: Lord Bagot, Hon. E. Coke, Mr. T. W. Evans, 

 M.P., Mr. M. A. Bass, M.P., Captain A. C. Buncombe, 

 Mr. T. J. Levett, Mr. S. AV. Clowes, M.P., Mr. W. Boden, 

 Lord Waterpark, Lord Vernon. 



Richard Summers having gone as huntsman to Mr. 

 Tailby, James Tasker succeeded to his vacant place, 

 Charles Hawkes coming as second whipper-in. 



There w^ere complaints of the scarcity of foxes, which 

 was probably remedied in the usual way, for, in the course 

 of two or three years, mange broke out. And this was 

 prevalent all over England wherever cubs were turned 

 down. 



The new-comers were Mrs. Jervis-Smith, who came 

 with a great reputation from the West country, and Mr. 

 C. A. Wallroth, who came to Mickleover. He played for 

 Harrow against Eton in 1870, and in the ajitumn of that 

 year matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, playing 

 in the Oxford eleven in 1872, 1873, and 1874. In 1876 

 he married and settled down at Mickleover, where he 

 has been ever since. No one has seen more of the fun 

 than he has whenever hounds ran, and there is no cheerier 

 comrade to go hunting with. 



They began cub-hunting on September 3rd, in Bagot's 

 Woods, as usual, killing a cub on each of the two first 

 mornings and a badger on the third. About the best run 



