60 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1881 



1881. 



A meeting of subscribers to the Hunt was held at the 

 St. James's Hotel, Derby, for the purpose of taking some 

 steps to carry on the hunting of the country, and of 

 appointing a new Master in the place of Lord Waterpark, 

 who resigns after nine years' service. Amongst those 

 present were the Earl of Shrewsbury, Lords Scarsdale, 

 Waterpark, Vernon, Parker, Sir William FitzHerbert, Sir 

 John Hardy, Colonel the Honourable W. Coke, Colonel 

 Levett, M.P., the Honourable E. K. W. Coke, Mr. Arthur 

 Bass, M.P., Mr. G. F. Meynell, Captain Buncombe, Mr. T. 

 W. Evans, M.P., Colonel C. J. Cavendish, Mr. A. 0. 

 Worthington, Mr. H. Boden, Mr. Bird, Mr. Burton, Mr. 

 S. C. AUsopp, Mr. G. Allsopp, Major Fountain, Mr. Bott 

 (Church Broughton), Mr. Kempson, Mr. Henry Evans, 

 Mr. Coleman (Park Nook), Mr. C. A. Wallroth, Mr. Georo-e 

 Wheeldon (Derby), Mr. Buckston, Mr. F. S. Kendall, Mr. 

 T. Smith (Clifton), Mr. Gumming (Foston), Mr. R. Sale 

 (Barrow), Mr. G. Travers, Mr. G. L. White, Mr. Wood 

 (Wirksworth), Mr. Eichard Waite (Duffield), Mr. John 

 Smith (Derby), Mr. O'Callaghan, etc. 



Sir William FitzHerbert proposed that the Hon. E. 

 K. W. Coke, who, in the absence of Lord Bagot, has been 

 acting as chairman of the committee, should take the 

 chair. 



Mr. Coke thought that Sir William FitzHerbert, who 

 was the father of the Hunt, and a well-known sportsman 

 on his side of the country, should take the chair. 



Sir William excused himself by reason of being on the 

 sick list, and Mr. Coke was then voted to the chair. 



The Chairman said that, amongst other things, their 

 business that day was to hear a report which had been 

 drawn up by the committee. They had to deal a little 

 with the past, a little with the present, and a little with 

 the future. In order that they might put themselves in 

 form and start the fox, he w^ould call upon the secretary 

 to read the minutes of the last meeting. 



