CHAPTER V. 



Mr. Basset's and Colonel Hornby's Great Runs — A 



Memorable By-Day on the Forest — From Haddon to 



Wheal Eliza. 



Each 

 year has 

 its "run of 

 t h e sea- 

 son," and 

 except 

 i n times 

 of pro- 

 tracted 

 drought 

 at least 

 h a 1 f - a - 

 dozen 

 memorable chases can be counted upon during 

 the all too short ten weeksj of staghunting, and the 

 following records of some modern runs, written at 

 the time, will prove interesting alike to those who 

 took part in them and to those who for some 

 reason or another missed being out on those par- 

 ticular days, or, even being out, got left behind. 



On Wednesday, in the last week but one of 

 the season of 1889, there took place a most 



