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to some of the many aspirants for these coveted 

 trophies, and the two tushes become the property 

 of some member of the tield who has a fancy 

 for a unique scarf pin or set of sleeve Hnks. 

 Then the hounds are sent home to Exford, the 

 crowd slowlv separates on its various homew^ard 

 ways, a cart comes for the carcase of the stag, 

 the head going to the kennels, the hide to the 

 huntsman, and the venison to the deer pre- 

 serving farmers near whose land he was found, 

 and the lengthening shadows close over another 

 opening day. 



