186 THE XORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HOUNDS. 



reference to questions of disputed boundary between the 

 North Staflbrdsliire Hunt and the Meynell Hunt, when 

 Mr. Philips proposed and Lord Stafford seconded the 

 following resolutions for the consideration of the Meynell 

 Hunt Committee, viz. : — 



'' 1. That the coverts in dispute, i.e. the Hopton and Salt coverts on the 

 north-west of tlie Weston and StaflFord road, be neutral between the two Hunts, 

 and that no other pack but the Meynell and North Stafford be permitted to draw 

 these coverts. 



" 2. That Fradswell Heath on the Chartley side of the Bearsbrook and Gayton 

 road be considered a Meynell covert. 



" 3. That Birchwood Park be a neutral covert between the two Hunts." 



Another meeting of the North Stafford Hunt Committee 

 was held on December 2nd, 1891, with reference to the 

 Meynell boundary question, when a letter of November 14th 

 from the secretary of the Meynell Hunt was read, agreeing 

 to the resolutions Nos. 2 and 3 proposed by the North Staf- 

 ford Hunt Committee, but in reference to resolution No. 1 

 the Meynell Hunt Committee declined to entertain it. There 

 was a suggestion afterwards made to refer the question to 

 the committee of the M.F.H. Association at Tattersall's for 

 arbitration, but ultimately Lord Bagot and Captain Dun- 

 combe w^ere appointed to act for the Meynell Hunt, and 

 Mx. J. W. Philips and ]\Ir. R. N. ^Yood for the North 

 Stafford Hunt, and these gentlemen met at Uttoxeter on 

 August 15th, 1892, and settled the controversy by 

 entering into the following agreement, which was signed 

 by the four gentlemen above named : — 



" That the boundary between the two Hunts, commencing at Stafford, should 

 be the Great Northern Railway to Weston, from thence to follow the road 

 to Gayton, leave Fradswell Hall on the right by Coton cottage to Croxton's 

 Lodge, Birchwood Park. That both Hunts should draw Birchwood Park and 

 Fradswell Heath, but must arrange to do so alternate months, the cub-hunting to 

 be done by the Mej^nell Hounds, who will also have the choice of months. That 

 the poultry claims connected with Birchwood Park and Fradswell Heath be settled 

 by the Meynell Hunt, the amount paid to be divided with the North Stafford at 

 the end of each season." 



For the season 1891-92 satisfactory financial arrange- 

 ments were made, and the requisite guaranteed amount 

 was again assured to Lord Stafford, who was once more 

 assisted by Mr. R. Sneyd, of Keele Hall, as joint Master. 



