CHAPTER XVIII 



TERRITORIAL DIFFERENXES AND AN ARBITRATION 



An arbitration by the M. F. H. Association : the South Devon and Mr. 

 Thomas's (Mid-Devon) — Complaint by Mr. Ross of Mr. Bragg's Harriers — 

 'Mr. Feamley Tanner — Protests from successive masters — An intolerable 

 situation — Ill-feeling between the two hunts — An unacceptable offer from 

 Mr. Bragg — The question referred to the M. F. H. Association — Require- 

 ments of hunting law to the acquisition of new country — Grounds of claim 

 against the South Devon — The South Devon answer — Value of licence from 

 the Duchy of Cornwall — Evidence in support of South Devon case — 

 Text of the Award : the country hunted by Mr. Thomas solely South 

 Devon country — Grounds of decision — The Award accepted in a sports- 

 manlike spirit — Temporary arrangements for loan of country to Mr. 

 Thomas — The arrangements consolidated — Text of resolution forming 

 agreement — Cordial relations established between the two hunts — Credit 

 due to Dr. Gaye, Mr. Hext, Mr. A. Rendell and Mr. Lewis Rendell — 

 Mr. Lewis Rendell's work — Made an honorary life member of the hunt — 

 A presentation. 



" And evermore they'll tell with praise 

 Of forest meets and Dartmoor days." 



{Dartmoor Days.) 



IN the summer of 1890, a case was laid before the 

 Masters of Foxhounds Association for the arbitra- 

 tion of that body in reference to a question of right 

 to country that had arisen bet'ween the South Devon 

 Hunt and its neiglibour on the north now known as 

 the Mid-Devon Hunt, the master of which was at 

 that time Mr. Salusbury Thomas. 



Inasmuch as fully a quarter of a century has 

 passed since the decision of the M. F. H. Association 

 — the highest Court in these matters — was pro- 

 nounced, it is not proposed to go into the subject in 

 detail or at any length, but, as a matter of history, 



