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snatch morsels from the plates of guests 

 seated at the table, but his boldness reached 

 such a pitch that he came to an untimely end. 



A former Secretary of the Hunt, the late 

 Mr. S. Warren, kept a tame deer at his 

 stables at The Mount, Dulverton, and this 

 animal was wont to take its walks abroad, 

 the stable doors being left open for it as a 

 retreat in case of emergency. This plan 

 answered well for a considerable time, but at 

 length, on one unlucky day, the unfortunate 

 animal was pursued by hounds and found 

 the stable door accidentally closed, when his 

 fate was sealed. 



In other hunting countries, regulations haye 

 been made of late years tending to raise the 

 minimum subscription which can be tendered 

 by any regular follower, so as to enable the 

 sport to be maintained on a suitable footing, 

 and this principle has been accepted by the 

 Hunt Committee of the Deyon and Somerset, 

 where the minimum subscription for a day's 

 hunting with one horse has been fixed at half 

 a guinea, and when the neighbouring packs 

 meet within their borders it has been decided 

 that their field should subscribe to the funds 

 of the Exford establishment. While many 

 hunting visitors subscribe liberally towards the 

 sport they enjoy, there haye undoubtedly been 

 in times past a considerable number whose 



