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Plantation, after visiting all Captain Templer's 

 coverts and then crossing Little Haldon. The second 

 fox kept the pack hard at it for an hour and twelve 

 minutes, and then he too went to earth in Lidwell 

 drain and paid the penalty. The day was fast closing 

 in when the first fox was taken out and put down on 

 Little Haldon. He made the most of his oppor- 

 tunities and the hounds were stopped in Luscombe 

 after twenty minutes, it being then five o'clock and 

 quite dark. 



If circumstances militated against continued suc- 

 cess on the Haldon side, a great deal of excellent 

 sport was obtained on the other side of the Teign. 

 Here are some samples : 



1902, March 10th. Granite Lodge, Stover. A good 

 run from Staplehill over the enclosed country by 

 Hobbin, Chercombe Bridge, Whiterock, Westwoods 

 and Two Mile Oak, changing there to a vixen. 



April 15th. Natsworthy. A first-class gallop from 

 Hamildon Beacon to Coal Mire, over Blackaton 

 Newtake by Coombe Farm, Bag Park Plantation and 

 Pitton Farm, across the Widdicombe Valley, over 

 Honey Bag Tor by Hedge Barton to Houndtor Rocks 

 and on to Hayne Down and Bowerman's Nose, where 

 they killed in the open after the fox had gone into the 

 rocks and come out again. Thirty minutes at a 

 racing pace. Mr. Rendell, riding Peter, and Cole 

 were the only two who could live with the pack. 



A very good in-country day and one to test the 

 hunting powers of the pack was that of the 14th 

 March, 1903, the fixture being Granite Lodge, Stover. 

 The first fox kept the pack busy for an hour and 

 fifteen minutes and ran through all the Stover coverts 

 and those of Miss Divett, before he was killed near 

 the Heathfield Potteries. Another from Custreet 



