150 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [18S8 



Field, March 24tli, 1888 :— 



MEETING OF THE MEYNELL HUNT. 

 Resignatiox of Me. Chandos-Polk. 



A general meeting of the subscribers of the Meynell Hunt was held at the St. 

 James's Hotel, Derbj', on Tuesday afternoon. Lord Bagot presided, and there 

 were also present Lord Scarsdale, Lord Waterpark, Mr. E. W. Chandos-Pole, 

 and Mr. H. Bass, M.P. (the joint masters of the hunt), Colonel J. C. Cavendish, 

 and a number of other gentlemen. 



The noble Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that at Sudbury the 

 other day a meeting of the committee of the Hunt should have been held ; but 

 as all the members of that committee, with the exception of Mr. Walter Boden, 

 Mr. Finney, and himself, were abroad, they considered it would not have been 

 right for them to hold a meeting, and to settle the business of the Hunt ; con- 

 sequently they had resolved to resign pro tern, to enable the Hunt to elect a new 

 committee, whose names he proposed. 



Mr. Walter Boden seconded the motion, and in doing so explained that the 

 committee would then consist of five landowners out of Derbyshire, and five out 

 of Staffordshire, together with a representation of subscribers from the country. 

 The resolution was agi'eed to. 



Mr. Chandos-Pole said the announcement that he had to make was, that he 

 intended to transfer himself and his hounds to another country. He was not 

 doing that without great forethought. He should retire from the position that 

 he had occupied as joint-master of the Meynell hounds during the present year, 

 and he should be glad if Mr. Sowter would erase his name from the committee of 

 the Meynell hounds. He also wished before retiring to thank both landowners 

 and farmers of the country which he had hunted, for their courtesy to him during 

 the time that he had held the joint-mastership of the jMeynell liounds, and he 

 especially desired to thank those over whose land he had hunted with his own 

 hounds, and from whom he had received on every occasion the gi-eatest possible 

 courtesy, both in Staffln-dshire and in Derbyshire. 



Lord Waterpark said that, whatever difference of opinion might have arisen 

 as to the desirability of hunting this country four or six days per week, there 

 could be but one opinion as to Mr. Chandos-Pole's laudable endeavour to show 

 sport, and to show a great deal (>f sport. (Cheers.) He thought the meeting 

 would agi-ee with him that the least they could do was to give Mr. Chandos-Pole 

 a hearty vote of thanks for the time, the trouble, and the additional expense that 

 he had incurred in his endeavour to obtain sport, and there could be no doubt if 

 a man kept a pack of hounds himself, and hunted two days a week extra, that he 

 deserved the greatest thanks for what he had done. (Cheers.) They would 

 part with Mr. Chandos-Pole with regret, and would hope to see him many times 

 in the future, trusting that his withdrawal from them would be but temporary. 

 (Hear, hear.) While their thanks were due to Mr. Chandos-Pole for his services 

 during the whole six years that he was solo Master of the Hunt, they were more 

 especially due for the services he had rendered to them during the past two years 

 whilst hunting his own hounds. (Hear, hear.) 



Mr. Waite suggested that Mr. Chandos-Pole should be asked to continue his 

 services to the Hunt. He (Mr. Waite) had hunted for twenty years with the 

 Meynell Hounds, and the present was the saddest intimation that he had ever 

 received regarding the Hunt. 



Mr. White (Egginton) also asked INIr. Chandos-Pole to reconsider his decision. 



