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delightfully fine. The course selected was by no means a difficult one ; the 

 arrangements made by the gentlemen on the spot enabled everything to pass off 

 ver)' smoothly. There were three events on the card, and these brought out as 

 many as fifty-eight runners. The red-coat race attracted a dozen runners, the 

 cotirse being about two miles and a half. Mr. W. S. Power's Faro (owner) won 

 by a length and a half from Mr. Bertie Crompton's Brer Rabbit (owner) ; Mr. C. 

 J. Wilraot Sitwell's Alpha (owner) was placed third, and Mr. C. A. Chandos-Pole's 

 Fabricus (owner), fourth. The winner also received a cup presented by Mr. 

 Brace, and the nominator, Mrs. Walter Boden, a bangle presented by Mr. Hamar 

 Bass, M.P. ; Miss Crompton, the nominator of the second, received a bangle, 

 presented by Mr. Walter Boden. The light-weight race furnished the most 

 interesting spectacle of the day, twenty-nine of the thirty-five entries being 

 weighed out. The winner was Mr. C. Hartley's Joan (Mr. C. Garnett), who 

 gained an easy victory over Mr. Cullen's Ouida (owner) by four lengths ; Mr. H. 

 R. M. Porter's Rajah (owner) was third, and Sir Peter Walker's Castlemanley 

 (Mr. Brenchley) fourth. Mrs. Hartley, the nominator of the winner, received a 

 bangle, presented by Sir Peter Walker. In the Welter race there were seventeen 

 runners ; after a splendid finish, the winner was Mr. C. H. Simpson's Cardinal 

 (Mr. P. S. Cadman), who beat Mr. Arthur Knowles's Senator (owner) by a 

 length and a half; Mr. H. M. Wilson's Dynamiter (Mr. 0. M. Leigh) and Mr. 

 Lort Phillips' Sequah, were respectively third and fourth, close up to the second. 

 The nominator of the winner, Miss D'Arcy Clarke, received a bangle presented 

 by Sir Peter Walker. 



Field, April 9th, 1898:— 



THE MEYNELL HUNT. 



The annual meeting of the members of the Meynell Hunt was held on 

 Thursday, at Derby. Mr. AValter Boden in the chair. There was a fairly large 

 attendance, amongst those present being Lord Scarsdale, Mr. R. Fort (the 

 master), Sir Reginald Hardy, Mr. H. S. Brenchley, Mr. F. Gretton, etc. The 

 secretary, Mr. F. C. Newton, presented the balance-sheet for the year ending 

 October 1st, 1897, from which it appeared that the expenditure amounted to £3892, 

 including £2000 paid to the master, £848 for compensation, £354 for rent and 

 repair of coverts. There was a balance in hand of £115. The secretary 

 informed the meeting that the mortgage was paid off", and that the kennels were 

 now free. The chairman moved the adoption of the statement of accounts, and 

 described them as satisfiictory. This was seconded by Mr. R. Waite and agreed 

 to. The chairman then moved that the rule passed two years ago, requiring 

 that four members of the committee should retire annually, and not be eligible for 

 re-election, be rescinded. Mr. Clowes seconded the motion, which was supported 

 by Mr. Fort. The resolution having been adopted, the chairman brought forward 

 the question of the mastership. He said that, when Mr. Fort was appointed 

 master a few weeks back, nothing was said as to the period over which his 

 mastership was to extend. It had been customary in that hunt to appoint the 

 master for three years, and he now moved that Mr. Fort's appointment be for 

 that period. This was seconded by Sir Reginald Hardy, and carried. The 

 following gentlemen were elected to till vacancies on the committee : Sir R. 

 Hardy, Mi". G. A. Clay, Lord Harrington, Mr. H. Clowes, Mr. Oswald Mosley^ 

 and Mr. John Gretton, jun. Votes of thanks to Mr. Hamar Bass, the late master 

 and to the chairman, brought the business of the meeting to a close. 



