236 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1897 



Bass, who has resigned. Colonel Levett presided over a 

 large attendance, which included the Earl of Harrington, 

 Lord Scarsdale, Lord Bagot, Lord Waterpark, Sir Charles 

 Forster, Sir 0. Mosley, Sir R. Hardy, Sir John Smith, 

 Colonel Cavendish, Colonel O'Sliaughnessy, Captain Clowes, 

 Hon. A. N. Curzon, Hon. George Allsopp, M.P., Major 

 A. C. Duncombe, Rev. C. J. Boden, Messrs. John Gretton, 

 M.P., R. Fort, L. Gisborne, W. Boden, W. Bass, W. Power, 

 J. H. Gascoyne, W. Cox (Brailsford), A. Dawson, Camp- 

 bell, J. Smith, Peacock, Holland, Gumming, C. Hartley, 

 Winterbottom, W. Woolley, F. Bateman, R. Sale, J. Shaw, 

 jun., R. Waite, Kempson, Hellaby, White, E. Holden, 

 R. H. Ratcliflf, A. Radcliffe, A. Walkden, Brenchley, 

 A. P. Heywood, G. Meynell, E. Canner, Dr. O'Callaghan, 

 J. H. Smith, F. C. Newton (Secretary), etc. 



The Chairman said that the large attendance at that 

 meeting showed very clearly the interest which was taken 

 in the Meynell Hunt. He had attended a good many 

 gatherings of this kind, but had never seen a Hunt meet- 

 ing to equal that. (Hear, hear.) Whatever might be the 

 result of the proceedings, he hoped that the same good 

 feeling might exist amongst them in the future as had 

 existed in the past. (Applause.) 



Lord Harrington said that although he lived on the 

 borders of the Meynell country, he could not remain idle 

 when he thought that an injustice had been done to a 

 brother Master of hounds. (Applause.) At the meeting 

 of the Hunt, which was held last week, the question was 

 raised as to whether Mr. Bass should continue the Master- 

 ship or not. Such a question ought never to have been 

 discussed at that meeting. It was called simply for the 

 purpose of electing a Deputy-Master. Farmers were not 

 allowed to be present at all, and the landowners were not 

 warned that this very important subject was likely to arise. 

 It might be said that Mr. Bass himself consented to a vote 

 being taken — but he had no right to do so. He took 

 the country for three years, and one year only having 

 passed, he had to consult the landowners and tenants before 



