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keepers and earth-stoppers, as well as all claims for 

 poultry and other damage. 



Mr. Whidborne, in addition to giving a handsome 

 subscription, lent his bitch pack to the committee, 

 and at the end of the season 1887-8 the loan was 

 converted into a gift upon certain conditions which 

 were accepted. The pack was kennelled at North 

 End, Ipplepen, for the first three seasons, but at the 

 end of his second season Gaye impressed upon the 

 committee the desirability of having kennels of its 

 own or, at any rate, held for a substantial length of 

 term. Accordingly, in the early part of 1888, certain 

 sites were inspected, and that of the now existing 

 kennels at Pulsford Hills, Denbury, was selected. A 

 lease for twenty-one years was secured, and the 

 buildings which stood on the land were altered and 

 converted into kennels, stables and a huntsman's 

 cottage at an original estimated cost of £190, the 

 figure being considerably lower than it would other- 

 wise have been through the sportsmanlike action of 

 Messrs. John Wright and Son of Newton Abbot, who 

 undertook to do all the carting of materials free of 

 cost. There was considerable delay on the part of the 

 contractor ; certain work had to be done over again 

 owing to bad workmanship, and, in addition, there 

 were the inevitable extras. The cost was defrayed 

 out of a special " whip-up " among the subscribers. 

 The lease of these kennels has been renewed, and they 

 are still occupied by the hunt. 



At the very outset of his career as master, Gaye 

 was troubled by a claim to a portion of the moor 

 country set up by Mr. George Bragg of Moreton- 

 hampstead. The claim was maintained by Mr. 

 Norton of Chagford, who succeeded to the master- 

 ship of Mr. Bragg's pack, and by Mr. Norton's 



