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APPENDIX III, 



LETTER FROM F. GRENFELL TO EtOTl College ChronicU, DEC. 1899. 



The existing arrangements for the keeping of the Eton beagles 

 having proved extravagant and not altogether satisfactory, 

 I now propose to try and form a plan which will in the future 

 put the Hunt on a sound basis. The first step is to build our 

 own kennels, and it is with much satisfaction I am able to 

 state that the Governing Body see no objection to the plan, and 

 have appointed the Building Committee to consider it. Should 

 kennels be built, the E.C.H. will benefit in four ways : 



(i) The kennels would belong exclusively to the College, 

 (ii) The kennel huntsman would be a College Servant, 

 (iii) A valuable pack might be got together. 

 (iv) All at a less expense than it has ccst in the past. 



In regard to No. (iii) there is much to be said, discussed, 

 agreed to and disagreed from. 



We will suppose that the E.C.H. be a beagle pack — as in 

 years past it has been a beagle-harrier pack of all sizes. If it be 

 a beagle pack, it must have no hounds over 16 inches, as 16 

 inches is the limit of a beagle. The pack should not be smaller 

 than 15^ inches to 16 inches, as there are several reasons to 

 object to in having smaller hounds. 



1. The enormous field which turns out, numbering 

 often 200 people, and a small, and therefore slow, pack is 

 almost impossible, as some of the 200 would be overrunning 

 the hounds all the time, 



2. We only hunt for two or three hours in the 

 afternoon. 



3. The country that is hunted consists almost entirely of 

 plough, which, of course, stops hounds to a great extent. 



Perhaps the plan that W. B. H. proposes in E.C.C, of 

 Nov. 17th could be brought into consideration : (1) ** That the 

 Master of the Beagles should summon a meeting of present and 

 old Etonians interested in the subject (I think old Masters might 

 be added to the list) to decide, now and for ever, upon a standard 



