68 FOX-HUNTING FROM SHIRE TO SHIRE 



the Mosleys of Rolleston, the Hardys of Dunstall, 

 the Walkers of Shirley, the Basses of Rangemore, 

 the Allsopps of Burton, and the Kynnersleys of 

 Loxley. 



Amongst the residents and tenant farmers of the 

 country, there are walks for over a hundred couples 

 of puppies. Indued with love of hunting from a 

 long line of sporting ancestry, one and all appreciate 

 honours won in public competition by the " modern- 

 ised Meynells." 



A summary of the season's sport with Meynell, 

 during 1910-11, is as follows:— 



Including cub-hunting, the season lasted for five 

 months, hounds being out on 118 days, stopped on 

 seven, and having none blank. They killed 64 brace 

 of foxes, which was above the average, marked 42 

 to ground, and found the supply good. Scent was 

 good in December and early January, fair on 

 the whole, though at times the weather was dry 

 and stormy. Thus, it was dry during cub-hunting 

 and the start of the regular season, which was a 

 very good one for sport, the very best time being in 

 December and early January. On January 5 , hounds 

 found at Markeaton, ran for one hour and three- 

 quarters, made a point of seven and three-quarter 

 miles, and covered fifteen miles, the line taken being 

 over the finest country. Dick Woodward left to 

 hunt the Badsworth, and H. Andrews, from the 

 Cottesmore, succeeded him as first whipper-in. 



Charles Gillson retired from the position of hunts- 

 man, during the beginning of season 1911-12, after 

 a severe fall, and H. Andrews carried the horn for 

 the rest of the season. 



