88 THE SOUTH DEVON HUNT 



account of a good day's sport on the 4th February, 

 1854, that appeared at the time in Trewman's Exeter 

 Flying Post. 



The pack met at Powderham Arch and drew 

 Powderham, Warborough and Kenton Common 

 blank. In Mamhead a fox was found and killed with 

 a gin on his foot. It was then two o'clock and raining 

 hard. The field began to grumble : it is a way fields 

 have when things go like that, but it does not help 

 much in mending matters. The master was not out, 

 but Churchward persevered steadily, and in the Hang 

 of Haldon, at the back of Oxton, he hit the line of a 

 moved fox which took the pack in the direction of the 

 Round O. Then a holloa from that good friend to 

 hunting, Mr. Short of Bickham, put the hounds on 

 terms with their fox, which skirted Bickham and 

 entered the Round O. Here a brace was afoot, and 

 the pack divided. Nine couple went away with one 

 fox over the racecourse, crossed the Plymouth road 

 some way below the Race Stand, and on to the 

 Belvidere and Haldon House, where they dwelt for 

 some time in the coverts. During this time the 

 huntsman, with the rest of the pack, raced the other 

 fox through Bickham and Trehill to Kenn and 

 Powderham, to a drain, whence he was bolted and 

 killed. Meanwhile the first lot recovered the line of 

 their fox, and, followed by eight of the field, ran him 

 to Shillingford and Peamore, back through Shilling- 

 ford over Squire Whippel's farm and once more to 

 Peamore, where the earths were stopped. Then, with 

 Fretful, Rattler, Waggish and Rosslyn leading, they 

 went at a great pace by Little Silver coverts to 

 Pearce's Hill and nearly to Exminster, by Mr. 

 Burrington's farmyard to Crablake Farm, and turn- 

 ing righthanded to No Man's Land, and over Soper's 



