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CHAPTER VL 



THE SQUIRE MISS CHANDOS-POLE — GREAT RUN FROM 



ROLLESTON TO BAGOT's PARK PLANTAGENET AGAIN 



MR. TOM SMITH OF WORCESTER KENNEL LORE — THE 



FIRST TIME BODEN's THORNS WAS DRAWN THE IN- 



GESTRE ACCIDENT — MR. DUDLEY FOX. 



1881-1882. 



Colonel Chandos-Pole, or the " Squire," as lie is more 

 often called, was educated at Eton, and was in the 

 Volunteers when the King was married in 1863. He 

 joined the Grenadiers in October, 1871, as ensign and 

 lieutenant, retiring as lieutenant in 1878. In 1868 he 

 joined the Derbyshire Yeomanry, and has now commanded 

 them for the last three years, taking the keenest interest 

 in the corps and all that concerns it. He succeeded his 

 father in 1873, and became Master of the Meynell Hounds 

 in 1881. The letter which was read at the meeting is so 

 characteristic of him that it is worth repeating : " In the 

 event of Captain Duncombe not taking the hounds, I shall 

 be very glad to do so. As regards the subscriptions, give 

 me as much as you can. Wish that I could afford to do 

 without any subscription." Previous to this, like many 

 other famous Masters, such as Squire Osbaldeston, Mr. 

 Meynell Ingram, and others, he had served his apprentice- 

 ship as huntsman with a pack of harriers, which he kept 

 at Radburne. One day, when out hunting with the 

 Meynell, he got a very bad fall, went home, had out the 

 harriers without knowing in the least what he was doing, 

 and never came to himself till the hounds had just found, 



