22 STAGHUNTING WITH THE 



roads, and every sort of char-a-banc and brake 

 brings its contribution of foot people to swell 

 the throng. Some cyclists laboriously wheel their 

 machines up the last long ascent from Horner, 

 while others more wisely leave them in safe 

 keeping below and climb the remaining distance 

 unencumbered. Breakdowns and minor accidents 

 are plentiful, but not more so than one might 

 expect, having regard to the difficulties of the 

 way and the curious collection of vehicles and 

 tackle pressed into the day's service. 



A few years since a newly-married barrister 

 and his bride had the misfortune to break a leg 

 a-piece in a carriage accident of this description, 

 and a little later on were to be seen attending 

 the meets on wheels, duly strapped and splinted, 

 and were naturally the recipients of unstinted 

 sympathy. A few ladies ride " en cavalier " with 

 the Staghounds, and the art has three exponents 

 at the present time ; it might almost be wished 

 perhaps that the practice might become more 

 general, so trying are the hills and the hot 

 weather to tender withers. Tandems of all 

 heights and sizes hnd their way to the meets, 

 and the author remembers to have seen a well- 

 appointed donkey tandem threading the green 

 Quantock tracks, and a tandem of skewbald cobs at 

 Cuzzicombe Post, with pairs in curricles not a few. 



The time of the year being mid-August, it is 

 not surprising that there is a great diversity of 



