CONTENTS xvii 



V. Thomas Veale Lane : 1845-9 . . pages 71-77 



Kennels at Oaklands, Chudleigh — His own huntsman — Church- 

 ward whipper-in — Marquis of Waterford in South Devon : finds 

 his match in Tom Lane — Horses — Steeplechases in those days : 

 " Vingt-et-un " — " For the Honour of Devon " — Personal Recollec- 

 tions — Name " Devon Foxhounds " retained — First mention of 

 " South Devon " : Herbert Bjmg Hall ; Fores's Guide — " Gelert " : 

 The country " One of the Worst in England " — Sir Henry Scale's 

 Hounds — Name " South Devon " borrowed by another pack — 

 Extracts from Woolmer^s Exeter and Plymouth Gazette : " Notes of 

 Sport " ; hunt dinner — Sir Henry Hoare — Lane's talent for painting 

 — Hound list. 



VI. Sir Henry Paul Seale, Bart. : First Mastership, 



1849-51 pages 78-85 



Reputation as M.F.H. — A bitch pack — Hunts his own hounds — 

 His wonderful voice — Inconvenient situation of kennels — His idea 

 of Devon as a hunting cotmtry — Manages Sir W. Carew's Hounds for 

 a season — Extracts from unpublished letters — Purchase of hounds 

 from Mr. Blundell Fortescue — Country hunted : Part loaned 

 from Charles Trelawny ; Curtisknowle and Woodleigh Woods — 

 Claim still upheld — Extension of country — Favourite fixtures — Fiill 

 list of fixtures — Outlying country : kennels overnight at Dorsely, 

 Totnes — Mr. R. H. Watson's recollections — Memories of Sir H. 

 Seale — Sir Henry withdraws to his old country — Hound list. 



VII. John Whidborne: First Mastership, 1851-6 



pages 86-90 



Purchase of hounds from Sir Henry Seale — Limits of Country 

 defined by Whidborne in a letter to Dr. Gaye : from the Exe to the 

 Dart and from Exeter to Totnes — Business occupations — Previ- 

 ously master of harriers — Kennels at Buddleford, Teignmouth — 

 Churchward and Babbage — The pack called the " South Devon " — 

 Extent and varied character of country — A long chase — Visits 

 North Devon : quaint account of a run — Mr. Whidborne's retire- 

 ment : a presentation. 



VIII. Sir Henry Paul Seale, Bart. : Second Master- 



ship, 1856-65 pages 91-96 



Again extends country to include South Devon — Actually master 

 of the South Devon— The Field quoted— The late Mr. R. F. 

 Rendell's accoiint of a great run : " The Conqueror " conquered — 

 Dick Tucker and his cows — Story of Mr. T. C. Kellock — A latter-day 

 hunt in Sir Henry's old country — Powers as huntsman — Withdraws 

 to his old country — Sixteen times mayor of Dartmouth — His great 

 age — Revival of hunting in his old country — Mr. Cubitt at Fallapit 

 — Pack known as " Mr. Cubitt's Hounds " — Mr. W. F. Brunskill 

 starts a new pack — His good intentions frustrated — Hound sale at 

 Totnes — Purchtiees by Mr. Whidborne for the South Devon. 

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