MR. EDWARD FAIRFAX STUDD 169 



Race Stand, after going first to Harcoinbe and then 

 taking a big ring by Whiteway, Oxencombe, Har- 

 combe and Chudleigh. It should be mentioned that 

 Mr. Short, the owner of the Round O, did not hke the 

 earths to be stopped, being more intent on preserving 

 than on kiUing foxes. 



But the run of the season, and indeed of many 

 seasons, was that on the 28th January, when the 

 pack met at Bellamarsh. One fox from the Sands 

 was killed after a short ring. The pack was then laid 

 on the line of another which had gone towards Well 

 Covert, where they fresh found him and settled 

 down to run like mad. The line was through Luton 

 Bottom, Tower Plantation, Ashcombe, Mamhead, 

 past Mamhead House, then left-handed to Thorns, 

 on to Harcombe, Oxencombe, Whiteway, Kiddens, 

 Bramble, Lakecombe, Windy Cross, Culver and 

 Holcombe Burnell, and the fox was killed in Mr. 

 Snow's Covert by Traveller's Rest. The point was 

 fifteen or sixteen miles, and only six besides the 

 huntsman, Smith, got to the end. Among these was 

 Mr. C. Young of the 80th Regiment, a complete 

 stranger to the country. I have no record of the 

 time, but remember that the pace was very severe up 

 to Kiddens, after which it slackened. Unluckily Mr. 

 Studd was not out that day. 



More foxes were found in the following season, 

 1889-90, than had ever been found before, the total 

 number hunted, including cubhunting, being a 

 hundred and fifty. Nevertheless, or perhaps for that 

 very reason, it is difficult to pick out any particular 

 run as shewing special pre-eminence, though there 

 were many excellent days and the average standard 

 of sport was distinctly good. Perhaps the St. 

 Patrick's Day's run, on the 17th March, was as 



