XX THE SOUTH DEVON HUNT 



2. THE NEWTON SIDE 



XV. Augustus F. Ross : Second Mastership, 1879-82 



pages 173-179 



Mr. E. Feamley Tanner hunts the Newton side 1878-9 — " Dart 

 and Teign Foxhounds " — Inadequate support — Afterwards keeps 

 a private pack — Kennels at Hawson Court — Has a bad fall — Three 

 good runs — Mr. Augustus Kingston hon. sec. — Mr. Ross again 

 comes forward — Appointed master — No guarantee — Kennels at 

 Ambrook — Arthvu" Mason huntsman — Philip Back returns as 

 whipper-in — His subsequent career — Some runs — Hunt breakfast 

 at Cockington Court — Some of the field — The pack visits Sir Henry 

 Seale's old country : a good run and those who saw it — Personal 

 recollections — Mr. Ross as a falconer — As a musician — Resignation 

 — Offer of hounds — The Newton side claimed by the masters of the 

 Haldon — Claim suspended and Mr. Hemming's offer accepted — 

 Mr. Hemming's disappearance — The country reverts to Mr. Whid- 

 borne and Mr. Studd. 



XVI. John Whidborne : Second Mastership, 1882-5 



pages 180-192 



Dissolution of partnership between Mr. Whidborne and Mr. Studd 

 — Whidborne elects to hunt the Newton side — Kennels at Lidwell — 

 Jack Whitmore engaged as huntsman — " Mr. Whidborne's Hounds " 

 — Kennel and stable arrangements — Establishment — Early hours — 

 No subscription — Mr. Hext and Mr. Rendell appointed honorary 

 secretaries : their qualifications — A bitch pack — Individual hounds 

 — A small pack — Long distances — A narrow shave — Whitmore as a 

 huntsman — Scarcity of foxes — A case of riot — A good run in his first 

 season — An improvement in the second season — A great run : 

 change foxes with Mr. Bragg's — Other good runs — Miss Whidborne 

 — Horses — Whips : Doyle, Edwards, Derges — William Paul : one 

 of the old school — Pleasant memories — How the name " South 

 Devon Hounds " was resumed — Whidborne resigns — Lord Haldon 

 waives his claim to the country — Negotiations with Mr. C. Marshall 

 — Dr. Gaye comes forward and is accepted. 



XVII. Dr. Henry Searle Gaye, 1885-93 pages 193-209 



Prosperous state of the country — A successful reign — Major- 

 General Gaye— Brigade-Surgeon A. C. Gaye : well known as a 

 gentleman rider — Terms of mastership — Mr. Wliidborne presents 

 his pack to the committee — Kennels at North End, Ipplepen — New 

 kennels built at Pulsford Hills, Denbury — Part of the moor country 

 claimed by Bragg— Claim renewed by Mr. Norton and Mr. Thomas- 

 Arbitrated upon in 1890— New regulations : The " Receipt " 

 button ; capping— Hunt imiform— Mr. A. S. Rendell retires from 

 the socretaryehip- Succeeded by Mr. H. S. Wright, who subse- 

 quently resigns— Jack Whitmore leaves— Replaced by James 

 CoIUngs— Prejudice against a harrier huntsman overcome— A 



