260 THE SOUTH DEVON HUNT 



One of the hardest and best days in this particular 

 country was the 13th December, 1906, from Curtis- 

 knowle. The bitch pack found at 12.35 and ran 

 till 3.15, running twice through the Woodleigh and 

 Titcombe Woods. All the horses were done up. 



In October, 1903, Mr. Lucius Vicary was elected 

 honorary secretary in succession to Mr. G. H. Hext, 

 who resigned after having served the hunt for over 

 twenty years in that capacity. At a dinner given to 

 Mr. Hext by members of the hunt on the 9th 

 December, he was presented with a very handsome 

 silver tea-tray bearing his crest and the legend : 

 " Presented to George Hawkins Hext by Members of 

 the South Devon Hunt as a memento of his valuable 

 services as Honorary Secretary from 1883-1903." 



Mr. Singer made himself much liked by everyone 

 connected with the hunt. His manner with his field 

 was ever quiet and courteous, though he could be 

 firm when occasion arose. On the only occasion on 

 which I ever heard him " blow up " anybody, he 

 happened to pitch upon the wrong man, who, how- 

 ever, readily adopted the master's suggestion of 

 setting off the reprimand against some other occasion 

 when it had doubtless been well earned. 



Some followers of the pack have already been 

 named in' these pages. The following additions to 

 the field occurred during the decade 1897-1907. 

 Major S. Belfield, who rented Ogwell for two or three 

 years ; Miss Brereton, Mr. C. M. Barran, Miss Barran, 

 Mr. A. Densham, Mr. Leigh Densham, for many years 

 master of the Dart Vale Harriers, and Mrs. L. 

 Densham, Mr. J. F. G. Froes, Mr. G. M. Fleming, 

 Major Jephson, Mr. and Mrs. Hodgkinson, and Mr. W. 

 Barnes (on the Haldon side) ; Mr. F. Hemstead, 

 Captain Alers Hankey and Mrs. Hankey, Mr. H. E. 



