114 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



well by moonlight, and the first time I tried Tom 

 over rails under a bright moon, he struck the rails 

 heavily. I have found that horses kept in a dark 

 stable at night need more training to accustom 

 them to the heavy shadows of a moonlight night 

 than those that are not allowed to stand in the 

 dark. 



Another ride with my brother I remember, when 

 we had a narrow escape of coming to grief in a 

 bog. We were crossing Fleet Meadows, and we 

 both knew that on the far side of one of the fences 

 was a big bog. This fact, however, we had for- 

 gotten in the excitement of the run, for hounds 

 had found in Fleet Gorse and were running straight 

 and fast. As we came to the fence we both re- 

 membered the bog, but in our usual way deciding 

 that to go back was not good enough, Campbell 

 gave me a lead over. His horse came down, but 

 he managed to get him out, and then he called 

 that he would be ready to catch mine if needed. 

 My mare, however, had seen the plight of her 

 stable companion, and, profiting by it, she jumped 

 almost clear and struggled out by herself 



After I went to the Blackmore Vale country 

 I used to have an occasional day with the Cat- 

 tistock Hounds, the first time I was out with 

 them being in the last season of Lord Poltimore's 

 mastership. I much admired the beautiful level 

 pack, which in the following year fetched a record 

 price when they changed hands. The Cattistock 

 country being very open, hounds run fast over 



