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jump banks, and used to come and help to lead 

 her over the country in a lunging-rein, till she 

 began to understand how to do them properly. 

 A month after the Norman's Grove run Kittiwake 

 ran second at Punchestown ridden by the late 

 Colonel Wardrope ; and the next year she won 

 the same race beating thirteen other runners, after 

 having been out with the Ward hounds sixteen 

 times that season. 



The late excellent sportsman, Mr. Leonard 

 Morrogh, was then at the head of the Wards, and 

 he one day mentioned how important ivy was to 

 the well-being of deer in a paddock. It seems to be 

 an excellent tonic for them. He also pointed out 

 a very simple but very wise contrivance to induce 

 the deer to take sufficient exercise to be fit for the 

 exertion of a long chase. All animals if they 

 have sufficient space keep constantly moving for 

 the greater part of the twenty-four hours, but 

 they soon get tired of doing so in a place so 

 limited they can see all round it. Barriers were 

 therefore erected in the deer paddock so as to 

 obstruct the view there, and into the sheds, the 

 consequence being the deer were always full of 

 curiosity to know what was going on on the other 

 side, and continually moved across to see ; but no 

 sooner had they done so than they thought there 

 might be something going on after all where they 

 had just left, so back they went again for fear of 

 missing the fun. They were therefore kept in 

 good, hard condition, whereas if they had been 

 able to see into every corner they would have 

 just stood still, and got fat and soft. 



Q. How long rest does a deer require after 

 a chase, before being fit to come out again ? 



