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up some time after the stag had gone over 

 deliberately leaped after him. In this case 

 neither stag; nor hound was seen again. The 

 tide at the moment was rushing in and the 

 waves large — the tide rises high here — and, 

 maimed by their fall on the rocks, stag and 

 hound were washed down by the uncler-tow. 



To be runnable or warrantable, a stag in 

 strictness must answer to these two require- 

 ments : he must be live years old, and he 

 must bear his ' rights ' (that is brow, bay, 

 and tray), and two on top. He is then a 

 stag in the full sense, and in every way fit 

 for the chase. 



The points on top are sometimes ex- 

 ceeded, and a stag at five years may have 

 three on top both horns, or three one side, 

 and two the other. But when a stag of five 

 years carries three on top, one of his ' rights ' 

 — the bay, or second point — is generally 

 missiDg from the antler on the side the three 

 are carried. If there are three on top both 

 sides then the bay point is missing from both 



