A site was secured from the College authorities for a nominal rent; and experts were sent to give their advice. Lord Coventry sent the kennel huntsman of the Queen’s Staghounds. The Head Master (Dr. Warre), the Bursar, Mr. R. S. de Havilland, the Huntsman and the Twins all proceeded to the proposed site, and Mr. de Havilland told me he remembered how Francis, wishing to tip the visitor and having no money on him, boldly approached Dr. Warre and asked him to lend him a sovereign, which the Head Master gave with his most amused smile. The kennels were built on clay on the advice of several Masters of Hounds. Lord Lonsdale wrote a letter showing how clay and lime should be put down and how the foundations should be set. Others that gave advice were Lord Willoughby de Broke, the late Duke of Beaufort, the late Lord Chesham, Sir Ian Heathcoat Amory, Mr. J. Arkwright and Mr. Godfrey Heseltine. They were modelled on the kennels of Mr. W. H. Grenfell (now Lord Desborough), of Taplow Court, where he kept a pack of harriers for ten years, and where the Old Berkeley Foxhounds were kennelled for some time. Everything that was defective in the original was corrected in the copy. The buildings were finished on February 26th, 1899, and were occupied a week later. In the meantime a difficulty had arisen about the hounds remaining at Lock’s in the High Street. So they were removed to a barn on Agar’s Plough for the time being. It was a great day for the E.C.H. when on March 3rd they were established for the first time in their own kennels with their own whole-time kennel huntsman. The building of the new kennels cost £574 3s. 2d., leaving a balance of £114 17s. 8d. In the meanwhile an excellent letter appeared in the _Chronicle_ of November 17th, 1898. “Dear Sir,—As no small amount of controversy is at the present time taking place on the standard of height best suited to show sport to a field one and all mounted on shanks’ mare, I understand that there will shortly be new kennels at Eton maintained by the School in a satisfactory and orthodox manner, and I hope in some years they will give shelter to one of the best packs of beagles in England. I feel that this might be a suitable time to suggest: (i) That the Master of beagles should summon a meeting of present Etonians and any Old Etonians interested in the subject to decide now and for ever on the standard of height of the Eton beagles. (ii) That this standard should be fixed with a view to showing as much sport to their followers as is possible in the limited number of hours at their disposal. (iii) That the matter should be thoroughly thrashed out, and that it should not be in the power of succeeding Masters to change either the standard of height or type fixed for their benefit by their predecessors on due consideration.