Dear Freddie,
HE BEGINNING of this month marks the start of the new hunting year and, although no physical hunting takes place until autumn, it is also the date that Masters are appointed or reappointed by the hunt committee and new kennel staff – huntsmen, kennel huntsmen and whippers-in – begin their duties. Committee members who have served their term of office (generally three years) retire and are replaced, and new secretaries take up their posts. I know you have hunted for several
