CONTENTS xix 



XII. Mr. Edward Fairfax Studd : First Mastership, 



1882-4 pages 136-150 



Mr. Studd and Mr. Whidborne succeed to the Haldon side — 

 Kennels at Oxton — Claim the country vacated by Ross — Claim 

 waived in favour of Mr. Hemming — Temporary reunion on his 

 failing — Both sides of country hunted as " South Devon " — A 

 brief partnership — A staghunt and its sequel — A friendly settlement 

 — A change of plans : the country again partitioned — Some reflec- 

 tions on the conventions of hunting — Was Mr. Studd's action a 

 breach ? — Obligations of an M.F.H. — Wolf-hunting by the Duke 

 of Beaufort — Orthodoxy or bigotry ? — A successful season — A 

 popular secretary — A contrast with present-day conditions — Sir 

 J. Dimtze presents the pack to Mr. Studd — Changes in the pack and 

 notes on individual hounds — A fine run — A curious finish — 

 Comments — Mr. Studd's aversion from bagmen — A silver fox ? 

 — Good sport in his second season — Another staghunt : Mr. 

 Tremlett's Harriers — Sam Gilmore. 



XIII. Lord Haldon : 1884-6 . . . pages 151-154 



Mr. Studd stands aside — A change for the worse — Gift of the 

 pack by Mr. Studd — Conditions attached to the gift — The pack 

 strengthened by drafts from Belvoir, etc. — Kennels at Haldon 

 House — " Lord Haldon's Hounds " — Dan North deposed — Good 

 prospects of sport not fulfilled — Story of a pinafore— Field-masters : 

 Mr. J. H. Ley ; Mr. O. Bradshaw — The Babbacombe miu-derer — The 

 High Sheriff fails to hang his man — Financial troubles — Lord 

 Haldon resigns — Mr. Studd to the rescue — Lord Haldon and Mr. 

 Studd : a correspondence and its results. 



XIV. Mr. Edward Fairfax Studd : Second Master- 



ship, 1886-91 .... pages 155-172 



The pack sent back to Haldon — Begins hunting with six couple — 

 A rapidly formed pack : presents and purchases — Lord Haldon 

 returns his pack to Oxton — The master's energy — Notes of sport : 

 an vmusual line ; a great run ; a late find — Death of Lady Rolle — 

 A trial day east of the Exe — Meeting at Exeter — Hunting on that 

 side definitely established — A formidable undertaking — Hospitality 

 in the new country — A memorable day — The East Devon Hunt 

 founded — Colonel Garratt : a long mastership — Dan North goes to 

 the Western — Succeeded by Smith — Mr. Studd as huntsman — 

 Anecdote of George Loram — Mr. Studd's perseverance — His horses 

 — Bad falls — Members of his field — The Chudleigh Harriers — Tom 

 Lambell killed in the field — Billy Butler — The " Jackdaw Inn " — 

 Robinson — The " Blizzard in the West " : personal experiences — 

 Puppy-judging at Oxton — Good runs — Mr. Tremlett's Hoimds — 

 Afternoon cub-hunting — A bad season and its causes — Lord 

 Clifford — Further notes of sport — Mr. Studd resigns — His fondness 

 i or fishing. 



