1886] MR. CHANDOS-POLE'S PRIVATE PACK. 131 



including Lord Scarsdale, Mr. R. W. Chandos-Pole, Master 

 of the Hunt, Colonel the Hon. ^Y. Coke, Hon. W. Bagot, 

 Mr. G. F. Meynell, Captain Cumming, Mr. F. 0. F. 

 Bateman, Mr. R H. Cotton, Mr. R. Sale, Lieut. -Colonel 

 Fountain, Mr. T. W. Evans, Mr. G. Duncombe, Captain 

 Duncombe, Mr. Cecil Salt, Mr. R. Forman, Mr. W. Boden, 

 Mr. G. D'Arcy Clarke, Mr. John Shaw, junr., Mr. G. Gas- 

 coy ne, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. R. Waite, Mr. J. Coleman, Mr. 

 R. Fort, Mr. Finney, Mr. Hanson, Mr. S. Wade, Mr. Keats, 

 Mr. W. Burkett, Mr. R. Bott, Mr. Travis, Mr. Kempson, 

 etc. 



The Chairman first called upon the Master to make 

 his communication with reference to the future hunting 

 of the country. 



Mr. Chandos-Pole said he wished to hunt an extra day 

 a week, and he thought the country certainly required it. 

 There were woodlands that they did not go into more than 

 three times a year after cub-hunting. Complaints had come 

 from all parts of the country as to foxes, and that they 

 had not been hunted, and he wanted an extra hunting- 

 day a week, and a bye day if necessary. There was cer- 

 tainly some misunderstanding with regard to his having 

 purchased a private pack of hounds. What he had done 

 he had done for the best. He had a chance of purchasing 

 these hounds ; he was recommended to buy them, and he 

 did not wish to miss them. It had certainly been done 

 on his own responsibility, and if they decided he was not 

 to hunt the hounds in the country, he should be the loser. 

 He particularly wished to impress upon them that he did 

 not wish to press the hounds down their throats. 



The Chairman said that when he received a communi- 

 cation from Mr. Chandos-Pole, stating that he wished a 

 general meeting called for the purpose of informing the 

 subscribers that he had purchased another pack of hounds, 

 and consult as to the hunting of the Meynell country, he 

 thought it desirable to draw up certain resolutions which 

 he thought would meet the case. Before submitting these 

 resolutions, he would first read one or two letters he had 



