CHAPTER XXII 



MR.'*HUBERT F. BRUNSKILL : 1907-13 



Terms of agreement to hvmt the country — Brings his own pack — Mr. Singer's 

 Hounds sold at Rugby — Mr. Brunskill : a Devonshire man — Early days — 

 Successively master of the Exmoor and the Silverton — As a huntsman — 

 His hounds — Interest in the Kennel — Success at shows — Favourite blood 

 — A large young entry — Viceroy — Develops Sir Henry Scale's old country 

 — Permission to the Haldon Harriers to hunt foxes on Haldon — Loans of 

 country : Haldon to the Silverton ; Canonteign to the Mid-Devon — 

 Hunt ball inaugurated — Agrees to hunt the country for a fvu*ther five 

 years — Mrs. Brunskill : her knowledge of the sport ; leads the field — 

 Mr. L. G. Vicary succeeded by Major Cobham as hon. sec. — An admirable 

 secretary — Roger Hannaford — Notes of sport — Good runs — Disaffection 

 in the hunt — Harmony restored — Change in the constitution of the hunt 

 — New rules adopted — The master resigns — Presentation to Mr. and Mrs. 

 Brunskill — Sale of hounds. 



" ' Pray, gentlemen, restrain your pace. 

 Do give my hounds a little space. 

 Just room to turn ; pray check your rein. 

 Then catch them if you can again.' 

 'V^ain is the prayer : 'twere easier far 

 To stem the rolling tide of war." 



(Dartmoor Days.) 



IT SO happened that Mr. Singer's resignation co- 

 incided with that of Mr. Brunskill, who had just 

 completed one season as master of the Silverton. 



Mr. Brunskill then offered to hunt the South Devon 

 country two days a week on a guarantee of £500 

 per annum (which sum was to include all field 

 expenses) and kennels rent-free, with a stipulation 

 that a five-shilling " cap " for non - subscribers 

 should be established. On those terms he was 

 elected master at a general meeting held on the 13th 

 March, 1907. The hunt was thus fortunate in 



