CHAPTER XIV 



MR. EDWARD FAIRFAX STUDD : SECOND 

 MASTERSHIP, 1886-91 



The pack sent back to Haldon — Begins hunting with six couple — A rapidly 

 formed pack : presents and purchases — Lord Haldon returns his pack to 

 Oxton — The master's energy — Notes of sport : an vmusual line ; a great 

 run ; a late find — Death of Lady Rolle — A trial day east of the Exe — 

 Meeting at Exeter — Hunting on that side definitely established — A 

 formidable undertaking — Hospitality in the new country — A memorable 

 day — The East Devon Himt founded — Colonel Garratt : a long master- 

 ship — Dan North goes to the Western — Succeeded by Smith — Mr. Studd 

 as huntsman — Anecdote of George Loram — Mr. Studd's perseverance — 

 His horses — Bad faUs — Members of liis field — The Chudleigh Harriers — 

 Tom Lambell killed in the field — BiUy Butler — The " Jackdaw Inn " — 

 The " Blizzard in the West " : personal experiences — Puppy- judging at 

 Oxton — Good runs — Mr. Tremlett's Hounds — Afternoon cubhunting — 

 A bad season and its causes — Lord Chfford — Further notes of sport — Mr. 

 Studd resigns — His fondness for fishing. 



'" Grace still in every vale abounds, 

 But one dear charm is wanting ; 

 No more I hear my gallant hounds. 

 In chorus blithely chaunting." 



{Farewell to my old Horn. By Geo. Templer.) 



IN the face of Lord Haldon's attitude as disclosed 

 in the last chapter, Mr. Studd had no option but 

 to send back to Haldon the pack he had " pur- 

 loined," after putting in only two days cubhunting. 

 He thus found himself in the embarrassing position 

 of being pledged to hunt the country and having 

 only one-and-a-half couple of hounds in kennel in the 

 first week of October. Nothing daunted, he set to 

 work at once, and after making a fresh start with 

 six couple on the 23rd October, was able by the 



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