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over Manga straight to the ver>- top of Steeperton, 

 on to Xack Mine and Oke Tor. and across Scad- 

 bottom to East Mill Tor : then, leaving Hartor Farm 

 to the right, up the stream to West Mill Tor and 

 Rou^ Tor, where the fox got to ground within a 

 quarter of a mile of the Okehampton Artillery Camp. 

 Time, one hour and three-quarters. A twelve-mile 

 point, measured on the map, and quite fifteen as 

 hounds ran : all of it on the moor and, for the most 

 part, over excellent going. But though we never got 

 on to the bogs proper, there were two or tiiree miles 

 of very nerve-racking ground in the latter half of the 

 run, and the number that persevered after Teignhead 

 and reached the end was but ei^ht all told, amoncrst 

 them, in addition to the staff, being Mr. W. R. Vicaiy% 

 Mr. L. G. Vicaiy, Mr. Frank Thomas, riding 'Sirs. 

 Rendell's Old Lol, and Mr. Spiller, who piloted the 

 field after the Mid-Devon countiy had been fairly 

 invaded. Mr. Rendell and the pack had thirty miles 

 back to kennel, which they reached at 10.35, having 

 left home in the morning at 8.30. 



A red-letter day was the 29th of the same month. 

 There was a tremendous scent, and hounds raced a 

 fox from Warren Inn to Riddon Mire, Belliver, Arch 

 Tor, Rough Tor and the bogs beyond, where they 

 killed : ten miles in an hour and twenty minutes. 

 When crossing Riddon Mire, the pack di^-ided and 

 one half went away with a fresh fox to Cator and 

 Comdon Tor and killed him at Comdon Ford Farm 

 in a stable. Dalesman roared at him in the manger 

 like a lion. Ttiis was a race from start to finish and 

 occupied thirty-five minutes. 



Given weather, one is generally sm*e of sport from 

 Widdicombe-in-the-Moor, but rarely has that fixture 

 provided a better day than on the 6th April, 1904, 



