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and bv that verv timely aid enables him to 

 kill his deer handsomely. The bulk of the 

 pack change to a hind in Twitchen Wood, but 

 he stops them by Button Bridge, and meanwhile 

 Sidney is busv with the stag with only three 

 hounds under Honacott. Breaking away, he 

 conceals himself until Anthony returns with 

 the rest of the hounds, and then a few turns 

 up and down the water quickly finish him. A 

 real forest king, with a royal head of twelve 

 perfect points, the velvet clean gone. A very 

 difficult stag to take ; the tenth of the season ; 

 time, seven hours and a quarter ; the pace at 

 first quite fast enough, but slow towards the 

 end. A lemon-coloured hound called Sovereign 

 seized this stag by the liank, and never released 

 his hold though carried for some distance through 

 the air. Nearly half of those who saw the 

 finish lav out at Simonsbath that night. 



The new master, Air. R. A. Sanders, held 

 his hrst by-day at Hawkridge on Friday, 

 July 19th, 1895, after a soaking night's rain, 

 which made the country perfectly rideable. 

 Anthonv was sent to tuft in Rincombe Wood, 

 on Lord Clinton's estate, and soon roused two 

 warrantable stags, which both went away over 

 Molland Common, following each other's tracks. 

 Seven couple of puppies and double that 

 number of old hounds were laid on the foil of 

 the second and larger stag, after he had been 



