THIRTY-TWO BOARS IN A MEET ! 



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Beresford finished him. This pig looked much bigger 

 than he really was on account of the heavy crop of 

 bristle he carried; but at the same time he was a very 

 tough pig. The next couple of hours' beating brought 

 out nothing, till a solitary boar started out of some bush 

 right in the open. Lord William, who took him at a 

 rattling pace, came to awful grief in some aeree, his 

 steed stumbled and rolled over him. Seeing a riderless 

 horse galloping away, we went to see what was the 

 matter, and found Lord William sitting on the ground 

 with his collar-bone broken. His Lordship was badly 

 shaken, but did not seem to mind much the broken collar- 

 bone, as, I believe, this was the fourth or fifth time that 

 this slight mishap had occurred to him. Of course, this 

 put an end to what would otherwise have been a most 

 successful meet. By a strange coincidence just a little 

 over a year after, and in places within five miles of each 

 other, the ex-Commander of the Condor also broke his 

 collar-bone riding the same horse, "Arthur." 



Measurement of Pigs killed during this Meet. 



37 in. high. 



32 Average height of 26 measured 31 J". 

 The six not measured were amongst the biggest, 

 of these must have averaged fully 34" to 34^". 



Four 



