94 THE SOUTH DEVON HUNT 



the mastership of Dr. Gaye, met at Norton Park, Sir 

 Henry's seat at Dartmouth, on or about the 5th 

 December, 1889, a report of which appeared in the 

 local press at the time. The master was the guest of 

 Sir Henry overnight, and he also put up the pack and 

 the hunt servants and entertained the field at break- 

 fast the next morning. 



Lord's Wood was drawn blank, and so were the 

 coverts by Old Mill. The pack then went to 

 Downton Wood, a noted find in the old days, accord- 

 ing to old Dick Crocker, at one time huntsman to 

 Mr. Charles Trelawny. He had formerly whipped 

 in to Sir Henry Scale and was out on this occa- 

 sion. 



Here, in Downton Wood, a brace were found, and 

 the pack ran one to Kingston Broadridge, to Capton 

 and on to Hemborough, where he looked like making 

 for North Hills Plantation, the property of Mr. 

 Netherton, of harrier fame, who was one of the field ; 

 but the fox turned short and ran through the Norton 

 coverts, down to Old Mill and on to Lord's Wood, 

 where hounds were stopped, as they were so far from 

 kennel and the day was waning. 



The newspaper reporter, in his account of the 

 day's proceedings, says : " Sir Henry accompanied 

 us on horseback nearly the whole time." He was 

 then eighty-three years of age, and one can imagine 

 the memories which such a day must have conjured 

 up in the mind of the veteran. He continues : 



" It has often been said, by those who had the 

 privilege of hunting with Sir Henry, that his musical 

 cheer to hounds when drawing a covert, was worth 

 riding any number of miles to hear and was never 

 forgotten ; and that very few men could ever, when 

 they had found their fox, get their hounds out of the 



