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to Kennerley Wood, 1 hr. and 10 min. -v^-ithout 

 a check. Here he was coursed and we hunted him 

 back to Lapford where nothing saved his life but 

 2 or 3 fresh foxes. This was one of the finest runs 

 I ever saw, up to Kennerley being perfect." 



Expeditions were also made from time to time into 

 the Tiverton countr\', where the pack was kennelled 

 at Collipriest by the master's cousin, Mr. Tom Carew ; 

 and into Mr. Bulteel's (the Dartmoor), chiefly in the 

 month of November. In connection with the latter, 

 it is interesting to note that the Rybridge Week was 

 firmly established before 1837, for in November of 

 that year it is spoken of as " The IvybTidge Meeting." 



Jack Russell brought his hounds to Haccombe in 

 October, 1831, and had two days, at Powderham and 

 Haccombe respectively. 



At the end of the season 1842-3, Sir Walter gave 

 up the country and lent his pack, with the exception 

 of eight couple of bitches, to his cousin, who was then 

 hunting the Tiverton country-. The eight couple he 

 presented to the Quorn, from which fact, and from 

 the fact of their distinguishing themselves in that 

 countr}', we may conclude that his hounds were bred 

 with care and from the best blood. 



In addition to his qualifications as a master of 

 hounds Sir Walter was a good shot, a yachtsman and 

 a devotee of the road. Besides getting a great deal of 

 dri^^ng practice at the " real thing," he kept his own 

 coach and continued to drive a team until late in life. 

 In a notice of his death, which occurred at Marley on 

 the 27th January, 1874, a -vmter in Land and Water 

 says that he developed into one of the best whips in 

 the West, and that, in the days when the " Telegraph " 

 and the " Quicksilver " were synonymous for speed 

 and safety. Sir Walter was well known on the 



