CHAPTER VI. 



The Black Stag of Badgworthy — From Black Pitts to 

 Bratton Court — The Great Quantock Stag — The 

 Oldest Stag on Record — From Oare to Bratton 

 Fleming — Mr. Sanders' First Big Stag — The 

 Opening Day of 1895 — From Popham Wood to Badg- 

 worthy — Eighteen Miles on the South Forest — 

 The great "Nott" Stag— A Run from Hawkcombe 

 Head. 



The staghunting 

 season of 1893 

 was concluded on 

 Monday, October 

 22nd, so far as 

 the Porlock side 

 of the country is 

 concerned, with a 

 brilHant perform- 

 ance that may 

 fairlv rank amongst 

 the best runs of 

 the year, and the interest of it was much 

 increased by the fact that the quarry was no 

 other than the big stag of Badgworthy, known 

 as "the Bkick Stag." A field of about one 

 hundred was first conducted to Larkbarrow 

 from the meet at Hawkcombe Head, being 



