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of the Winchester Races. He kept a pack of 

 harriers at his residence at Crawley, and hunted 

 round Ball Down and the Race-course ; he had 

 a remarkably fine stud of horses, which he got 

 into condition with his harriers, and then took 

 them into Leicestershire. During the winter 

 he lived at the old club at Melton, with Lord 

 Alvanley, Mr. Berkeley Craven, Sir Harry 

 Mildmay, Mr. H. C. Compton of the Manor 

 House, Lyndhurst. There they had excellent 

 dinners, and Mr. Meyler contrived to entice 

 the cook away, who shortly afterwards died at 

 his house in Grosvenor-square. 



His horses used to exercise on Ball Down at 

 break of day, with bandages on. His groom 

 was a first-rate servant, named John Morgan. 

 Mr. Meyler had a large West India property. 

 When at Oxford, he was a great friend of the 

 then Marquis of Worcester, and when in Hants, 

 he was a great deal with Mr. Powlett when he 

 lived at Lainston. He was a fine, handsome 

 man, a hard rider, and a good tennis and 

 cricket-player. 



A good deal will be found about Mr. Meyler 

 in the Memoirs of Harriet Wilson, published 

 in BeWs Life in April and May, 1825. 



Mr. Meyler died from a fall from his horse 

 while with the hounds in Leicestershire, caused, 

 I believe, by a fit. 



