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the southern portion of Exmoor, the last one 

 that did so, I think, being killed at Twitchen 

 some years ago. In Collyns' " Chase of the 

 Wild Red Deer " we are told that if a stag 

 makes Fvldon Ridge from Whitefield he will 

 go to Sheardon Hutch and Landacre and so 

 down the Barle, and this in effect was some- 

 what the line of our deer of Saturday, the 

 19th. 



I think, however, that being only a two-year- 

 old male deer, he soon found himself out of 

 his country, and was more occupied in going 

 down wind and putting good distance between 

 himself and the ringing notes of Anthony's horn 

 than in making any particular point. With 

 young deer, I have often noticed there is a 

 tendency to go down wind when hard pressed, 

 though of course a warrantable stag will alwavs 

 make his point, no matter though he be forced 

 to run against a driving gale. Noon had passed 

 ere Anthony had roused the best deer which 

 Fred Goss could harbour in the Gratton coverts, 

 and a small one he was at that. 



However, young deer ere this have shown 

 good runs from Bray, Mr. Basset's three-year- 

 old to wit, which ran from Sherracombe to 

 Horner mill wheel. At first, he looked like 

 making Leworthy Bridge and Mole's Chamber, 

 but he doubled short in covert and turned down 

 towards Brayford. 



