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suaded to leave her shelter, she trotted back froni 

 whence she came, and in a very few minutes 

 hounds were close upon her again. After this the 

 hind was secured and re-carted, and another was 

 released. This second act of the drama opened 

 better, the hounds making magnificent music as 

 they set off at a pace that kept the field galloping 

 behind them ; but after some half-dozen fields the 

 followers dashed up to find the deer in the midst 

 of hounds. She was separated and again given a 

 chance, but she very soon took soil in a pond, and 

 as she did not mean leaving it or playing the game 

 any more, the day of failures came to an end. 



Mr G. B. Starkey, who used to hunt in the 

 Blackmore Vale country before he went to New 

 Zealand, and who has recently been paying a visit 

 to some old friends in Dorset, tells of an amusing 

 scene he once witnessed in connection with a meet 

 of Lord Wolverton's bloodhounds, which may be 

 taken as a good receipt for making a deer run. He 

 was driving to the fixture, and on the way he 

 passed the deer-cart at the Ship at Stour, the 

 horse, with his bit off, busy eating from a nose- 

 bag, while the driver was nowhere to be seen. As 

 Mr Starkey was driving quietly along he presently 

 heard a great rattle, and on looking round saw the 

 deer -cart coming after him at about a hundred 

 miles an hour. He promptly drew to the side of 

 the road and held up his hands, but the runaway 

 paid no attention, and swept past him. The cart 

 was eventually secured and brought up to the 



