Tim Tilbrook, aged 62, Huntsman to the Wilton Hunt, Wiltshire, for the past 20 years, retired this week. A native of Ipswich he has been associated with horses and hounds all his life. At Huntsman to various packs in the country, he has been in the saddle for 44 years, 36 years of which he has also served in the kennels. Before he went to the Walton Hunt, he served with the Grafton Hunt, Northampton, Essex and Suffolk, Colchester, the Golden Sally Hunt, Herefordshire and the Tidworth Woodland (Appleshaw, near Andover, now extinct). Known as a hard rider he is also popular with the field, farmers and earth stoppers throughout the Hunt country. 4 May 1946