Run with the Torquay Harriers: On Friday last the Torquay Harriers met at the King’s Arms Inn, Kingsteignton. Between ninety and one hundred horsemen were present, and one of the best day’s sport was enjoyed during the season. Yelverton, the huntsman, having tried round the Vicarage (the residence of the Rev. J. H. Hext), without getting a start, the estates of T. Pinsent, Esq., and Messrs. Haydon and Snow, were gone over, but with the like result. The hounds were then thrown into a coppice (belonging to M. Mapleton, Esq.), whereon hares were said to be in abundance, but to the surprise of all it was discovered that they had taken up their abode that day elsewhere, for not one could be found. No sooner, however, had the dogs left the coppice than a fine hare going at a rattling pace, was seen to cross a meadow, and then to take a circuitous route over the estate of “Lawyer Tom.” “King John,” who was the first to see the hare, sounded the alarm, and the hounds were instantly put on the scent. Crossing the road from Woolsgrove they made for Bishopsteignton, and then on to Venn. On reaching the top of Haldon the hounds were seen below on Mr. Paddon’s estate, and going in a straight line to Teignmouth Cemetery, then close to the residence of Mr. Moir, over some very stiff walls. Puss however cleared them in capital style, but shortly afterwards was run into at Coombe Vale, after a sharp run of nearly an hour. Another hare was found on Little Haldon, and after a sharp run for a mile poor pussy was “shut up.” Captain Keating had both “bobs,” and Yelverton, the huntsman, together with Stanlake (the whip), and Messrs. Charles Symons (Teignmouth), Heydon, T. Sarah (Newton), were in at the finish.
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GRO1036 Devonport: Thomas Pinsent: 1782 – 1872