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in the country and younger folk coming on. The 

 reinforcements to the ladies' brigade included Mrs. 

 St. Maur, who has probably not forgotten how 

 narrowly she once escaped annihilation by a clumsy 

 horseman ; Mrs. Potts-Chatto, Mrs. W. Rendell (then 

 Miss Turner) and her two sisters, Mrs. Treeby, Miss 

 Frost, Miss Blundell, Mrs. Leicester, Miss Eardley- 

 Wilmot, Miss Eve, Miss Tudor and Miss ^^alite. Of 

 these, the last-named and Miss Frost are the only 

 ones that join the glad throng to-day. The men 

 comprised Mr. G. E. Allen, Mr. J. Alsop, Mr. R. H. E. 

 Burt, who remained loyal to the South Devon even 

 after he had quitted its boundaries ; Messrs. J. Bickford, 

 W. H. Eve, J. Fairweather, W. Ferrier-Kerr, E. Lewis, 

 Major Lyster, Mr. T. S. Scrimgeour, who contributed, 

 and still contributes, to the popularity of fixtures 

 around Natsworthy Manor by his staunch preserva- 

 tion of foxes, to say nothing of his hospitality ; 

 Messrs. H. P. Skidmore, Mountford Spencer, R. 

 Halford-Thompson and, when in England, Captain 

 Tudor and Mr. Arthur Wright. INIr. Robert Long, 

 brother to Mr. Walter Long, was among the visitors 

 at this period. 



At the beginning of the season 1895-6, Mr. St. Maur 

 notified the committee that he would not continue to 

 hunt the country after that season, and though 

 pressed to reconsider his decision he did not at first 

 see his way to do so. In the month of December, 

 however, he was induced to withdraw his resignation 

 and consented to hunt the country the following 

 season two days a week (he had been putting in four 

 days up to that time) on a subscription of £500. 

 At a general meeting of the hunt held on the 18th 

 December, 1895, a resolution was passed recording 

 a vote of thanks to Mr. St. Maur " for the exceedingly 



