I remembered David “Wagga” Hunt as a child in Whitfield Town, South West St Andrew, before the family moved to Meadowbrook. Garth was the eldest brother and we all attended and were baptized (christened) at St Phillips Anglican Church. We used to call him Robin (if my memory serves me right) and later in life he wrote under the sobriquet Daniel Hartman In looking back I suspected he adopted the name because of a very famous rastaman from the era of the 60's called Ras Daniel Heartman. Heartman lived at 1 Whitfield Avenue and ranked alongside “Kapo” as one of Jamaica's most famous sketch artist. He also had a son called Robin.
Wagga like many of us from Whitfield town attended KC. The introduction of the common entrance exams in 1959 opened doors and later provided opportunities from many of us from Whitfield Town such as Garth Hunt, Lanny Walters, Ralston Johnson, Ken Dacosta, Kirk Douglas, Winston Stewart and Wilfred McKenley to enter the hallowed portals of KC.
All four Hunt brothers as well as their father attended Kingston College. The family was fanatical about chess and the brothers took the sport to KC. David showed more interest and represented Jamaica at the 1976 chess Olympiad in Venezuela. I renewed acquaintance with Wagga in the 70's when he coached and played for Meadhaven in the Major League. He called himself “Mario Kempes,” after the Argentinean MVP of the 1974 World Cup.
