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The morning's work concluded with a well-beaten 

 cub being rolled over, after which hounds were 

 taken home, for the heat was very trying and 

 scent in the dry bracken a vanishing quantity. 

 The small field out at streak of day included the 

 ex-master, Mr R. Fort, General Fowler Butler, 

 Major Gisborne who had the distinction of walking 

 the prize puppy Heedless, Mrs Cay, a daughter of 

 Mrs " Squire " Cheape and a fine horsewoman. 



A regular following of the Meynell comprises 

 such well-known names as Mr and Mrs Richard 

 Fort, Mr Reginald Chandos Pole also an ex-master. 

 Sir Wihiam and Lady Noreen Bass, the Hon. Mrs 

 Baillie of Douchfour, daughter of the late Lord 

 Burton, Sir Reginald Hardy, Mr R. Boden, the Rev. 

 J. Boden, Captain and Mrs W. S. Power, Mr H. 

 Whitworth, Mr and Mrs Arthur Dugdale, Sir Peter 

 and Lady Walker, Mrs Gervase Smith, Mr S. Neston, 

 Mr George Buxton, Captain Dundas, Mr J. Maynard, 

 Mr B. Crompton, Mrs Hollins, Captain Jacobson, 

 Mr H. Brace, Mr Dudley Fox, Mr F. Hurt, Mr W. 

 Nuttall, Mr D'arcy Clarke, ^, 



Mr Porter, Mr Whitting- 

 ham, Mr Bower, Mr 

 Nichols, Mr E. Caldecott, 

 secretary. 



The chief land owners 

 of the Meynell include " ^ . 

 Lord Vernon of Sudbury ^^_^ 

 Park ; Lord Waterpark 

 of Dovebridere ; the Fitz- 



^^ . ^ ° ^ . A leader of the Chase. 



Herberts of Somerset, the 



Bagots of Blithfield, the Chandos Poles of Radburne, 

 the Okeovers of Okeover, the Bodens of Derby, 

 the Cokes of Longford, the Clowes of Norbury, the 

 Duncombes of Calwick, the Mynors of Little Ingestie, 



