CHAPTER XIX 



MR. H-\ROLD ST. MAUE : 1S93-7 



The new master's conditions — Staff and kennels — St:-r: ^. -;.r .n^ — 

 A ppuu i lm ent of fiekl-masters — ^Hunting *'.- HiM:- -.i^ — / 

 title: "Mr. St Manr's Hoonds (The :- - —I 



members of the htmt — ^Ladies in the fiei:: — 7. - ._-:.:. — r 



medical profession — The Torquay azMl Paizn::r, ;r . — 

 f (blowers — ^Xewcomeis during Mr. St. Maur ; r_i =: : . ' — 

 the master — Resignation withdravrD — Xe— :r , :. r = — 1 



vote of thanks — Second resignation — Oner : ^ r : ' — _ : 

 of a sub-commitcee — Fund to purchase i: :r - . - i — :, : ^ 



ofier by Mr. St. Maur — Loan of country to -.Jir jiiA-L/^wcn : d-nji-:. - ;: 



" And why should the mast^ alone of old Stover 

 Have his merits and fadhs in nUeinfiei passed over ? " 



{A Parpf at Stumer.) 



THE actual reunion of the Haldon side with the 

 Newton side was effected, as has been seen, 

 toward the close of Dr. Gaye's mastership. 



On the retirement of Dr. Gave, negotiations were 

 entered into with Mr. St. Maur of Stover which 

 resulted in an offer from that gentleman to hunt the 

 country' three days a week, one of which was to be 

 appropriated to the Haldon side. He was to be 

 guaranteed a subscription of £600 a year ; the 

 earth-stopping and damage fund to be paid by 

 the hunt, and the Pulsford kennels to be at the 

 disposal of the master rent-free for the remaining 

 two years of the lease. On these terms, Mr. St. Mam- 

 was elected master at a general meeting held at 

 Xewton Abbot on the 1st March, IS 93. 



The new master was twenty-four years of age. For 

 two or three vears he had held a commission in the 



