56 THE SOUTH DEVON HUNT 



Devonshire, and Sir Walter occasionally came across 

 them when enoraored in the " bolder chase." Near 

 Haccombe, he ran into Sellick's harriers in 1832. In 

 November, 1834, mention is made of " ^Ir. Bovey's 

 hounds," which earthed a fox that was subsequently 

 tm-ned out before Sir Walter's apparently in the 

 neighbourhood of Bovey Tracey. In the course of the 

 run, Ml'. Bovey, who had come on purpose to see his 

 fox tm'ned out, was thrown from his horse and killed 

 on the spot. This 'Mr. Bovey was a brother of the 

 " Bob Bovey," of Pear Tree, who, with Jack Russell, 

 got into such hot water at Tiverton School for keeping 

 a cry of hounds on the quiet. 



Dm'ing the same season, Sir Walter's hounds ran 

 into ^Ir. Rodd's harriers in the country round Cotley 

 Wood. 



In April, 1837, they ran a fox from Skerraton Wood 

 to Kingswood, where they joined forces with Bulteel's 

 hounds, and the two packs afterwards proceeded to 

 draw Raythorn Brake together, finding a fox and 

 earthing him at Wood Ball. In December of the same 

 year, Carew's, after throwing off at Chudleigh Bridge, 

 met, and apparently joined forces with, Bennet's 

 hounds which were running a fox. 



In 1835 mention is made in the jom'nal of the hunt 

 dinner at Chudleigh, which looks as if that function 

 was then an annual affair. 



Under date 25th February, 1843, a curious case is 

 given of a vixen. This fox was taken out of a drain 

 at Haccombe about 9 a.m., but, being a vixen, she 

 was earmarked and put back. She was found and 

 killed some six miles off, at Torbryan, the same 

 morning by the pack which met at eleven o'clock at 

 Bradley. 



Sir Walter Carew was on terms of close friendship 



