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pound us all ; Parnell Tucker, Solomon Tozer of 

 Ashburton, on his famous grey ; S. P. Adams ; Cap- 

 tain Sherrard and, lastly. Colonel Walsh, Captain A. G. 

 Tozer and Mr. Basil Tozer of Teignmouth. 



From the outskirts, or from neighbouring hunts, 

 would come Mr. Brunskill and Mr. C. H. H. Pitts 

 from the south ; Messrs. Hamlyn from Buckfastleigh, 

 Mr. Hayter-Hames, sometime master of the Mid- 

 Devon, and Mr. G. Spiller, a later master of the same 

 pack, from Chagford ; Mr. J. D. Prickman, for many 

 years its honorary secretary ; and Mr. Guy Whipham. 

 Others who lived out of the country never failed 

 to snatch a day when opportunity offered. Prominent 

 among these was Mr. W. F. Phillpotts, always cheer- 

 ful and with a temper that nothing seemed to ruffle, 

 despite his deafness. He was an astonishing man to 

 go, and kept his nerve to a late period. In his sixty- 

 sixth year he won the Bar point-to-point steeple- 

 chase, and when four years older rode in the East 

 Devon Hunt heavy-weight point-to-point and got 

 placed. This was surely pretty good for one whose 

 occupation (he was a conveyancing barrister in 

 London) kept him from the saddle for long periods 

 at a time ! Mr. Lewis Rendell was another who 

 always enjoyed a dart when he could get out of 

 London for a short holiday. 



Those of the younger generation who have since 

 turned out well, not merely as performers in the field 

 but as taking an interest in the affairs of the hunt 

 and promoting them in the many ways possible, 

 included Mr. Raleigh Phillpotts, Messrs. W. R. 

 Vicary, L. G. Vicary, C. L. Vicary and Alfred 

 Hingston. 



The field was strengthened and the gaps filled up 

 in Mr. St. Maur's time by the arrival of new-comers 



