320 THE RED DEER OF EXMOOR. 



brought on obliged him to ask for help, and Mr. 

 Morland Greig kindly consented to act as Deputy 

 Master during his absence on political business. 

 During the twelve years Mr. Sanders has been 

 Master the fields have enormously increased, and 

 the management of them has become increasingly 

 difficult, since all are desperately keen to see 

 everything, and a large proportion are visitors who 

 are new to the game. The increase of the number 

 of hunting days to four a week had a little effect in 

 mitigating the crowd, since few people come out on 

 all the four days, but at some of the popular meets, 

 such as Hawkcombe Head, Alderman's Barrow, and 

 Larkbarrow four hundred horses is a common number. 

 A crowd of this size, however orderly and well 

 intentioned, naturally needs some looking after and 

 guidance, and on days when the Master is hunting 

 hounds Lord Fortescue, the Chairman of the 

 Committee, and, since the death of Sir Frederick 

 Knight, the owner of Exmoor and Brendon, or 

 Mr. Morland Greig, the Deputy Master, dons the 

 pink coat and acts as Field Master. 



Throughout the time Mr. Sanders has been Master 

 sport has been consistently good, and has year by 

 year continued to improve. Three points especially 

 call for note. The Master has spared no trouble or 

 expense in improving the pack, and his efforts have 

 been crowned with success. In this he has been 

 assisted by the careful kennel management of Sidney 

 Tucker, w'ho turns them out looking as they should 



