. A history of the Meynell hounds and country, 1780-1901 . essing no poeticalmerit whatever, are of interest as preserving for us thenames and peculiarities of the leading men with hounds. The greatest, the oldest, and mostfamous of these must, of course, be Hugo Meynell theFirst, the Father of Fox-hunting. AVhen we say theFirst, we mean from a hunting point of view, for doubt-less there were many previous Hugos; in fact, Baronde Grente Mesnil, the bosom friend of the Conqueror,from whom he was descended, was Hugh or Hugo the First with whom, however, we are con-cerned, wa
. A history of the Meynell hounds and country, 1780-1901 . essing no poeticalmerit whatever, are of interest as preserving for us thenames and peculiarities of the leading men with hounds. The greatest, the oldest, and mostfamous of these must, of course, be Hugo Meynell theFirst, the Father of Fox-hunting. AVhen we say theFirst, we mean from a hunting point of view, for doubt-less there were many previous Hugos; in fact, Baronde Grente Mesnil, the bosom friend of the Conqueror,from whom he was descended, was Hugh or Hugo the First with whom, however, we are con-cerned, was born in 1735, at Bradley Hall, near Ash-bourne, which had been purchased in 1655, from Sir The Famous Hugo Meynell. Generally known as the Father of Fox=hunting. From a painting: by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In the possession of the Hon. Mrs. Meynell Ingram at Hoar Cross. .llan^sM osuH aoomB^ to lariifiT oriJ «b nuonA ^llBTanaD .>;bIonx3J^ BurlaoL nicl t>riJ io noia83K8oq aril ril rnin-r»I Ildn^^aM .&nM .noH . .«otD iboH Jb. K^-Zc/^Jli^ai iA Jc MEYNELL WORTHIES. 35 Andrew Kniveton, by Alderman Francis Meynell. In1753, being only eighteen years of age, he boughtLordFerrers hounds, and commenced his career as Langton Hall, on the borders of Leicestershire andNorthamptonshire. Mr. Boothby, Prince Boothby,as he was called, lived with him, and he, with LordR. Cavendish, contributed towards the expenses ofhunting the country. For forty-seven years was staunch to his first love. It was only naturalthat such devotion should have great results. The out-come of it is the modern system of foxhunting. Thishe achieved by hunting later in the day than his pre-decessors, so that his fox was fit to run through havingby that time digested his supper. To meet this advan-tage to the fox, he paid such attention to breeding houndsfor nose, stoutness, and speed, and was so successful in theattempt, that his pack became the fountain-head fromwhich flow
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