Christmas magic
“CHRISTMAS EVE is invariably a good day to go hunting,” says Angus Mann, “and the Cattistock were having great sport. I had quite a few days there that season.”
Angus was master and huntsman of the Wilton in 1978 when his great mate Charles Stirling was hunting the Cattistock hounds. When he had time and enough horse power, he would pop down for a day.
The meet was at Holway Farm, home of Robert Atkinson, who is now chairman of the Cattistock.
“The sport lived up to expectation and we finished up in the dark at the kennels,” says Charles. “Angus wouldn’t stay and was short of diesel for his lorry, the Wilton hunt horsebox. I told him to take some from the kennel diesel tank.”
Angus backed up to the tank and took what he thought was just enough fuel for his journey home.
“I had only gone a couple of miles and I came to a grinding
