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By way of a holiday treat for the Newton folk, the 

 pack met in the market-place of that town on the 3rd 

 January, 1911. A capital in-country hunt of two 

 hours and fifty minutes resulted. The country 

 covered was from Custreet over Ingsdon and round 

 to New Inn again, then by Bickington and Half Way 

 House and Gale to Down Copse, on to Rising Sun and 

 Woodland, then by Knowle and Beacon Hill to Cappa 

 Dollar, Rock Park, Clennons, Dornafield and Rydon, 

 where the fox beat the pack. 



Despite the proximity of Lustleigh Cleave, Manaton 

 often produces a good run, and this was the case on 

 the 11th March, 1911, the fox being found on Hayne 

 Down. He first went to ground in Blissamore Rocks, 

 but bolted at once of his own accord, and then ran 

 over Hayne Down to Heatree, through the planta- 

 tions to Jay's Grave, over the enclosures past Hedge 

 Barton to Honey Bag Tor, being killed in the open at 

 Bunhill — one hour and five minutes with no check. 

 The master had a nasty fall on Heatree Down, his 

 horse stepping on his face, but he was soon going and 

 in his accustomed place again. 



A good in-country hunt, from the point of view of 

 the field, who are not much concerned with the 

 absence of blood at the end, was that of the 30th 

 December, 1911. Found in Custreet and ran by 

 Staplehill, Moor Farm, Hobbin Wood, Bearah, and 

 Parsonage Farm to Metley Moors, Nordon and 

 Denbury Down ; thence to Wrenwell, Clennons, 

 Stollage Common, Dornafield and Ogwell Rectory, 

 where the fox ran them out of scent. This was a slow 

 hunt of two-and-a-half hours, and everyone was able 

 to see it and to be with the pack all through. 



The run of the 6th April, 1912, was a particularly 

 brilliant one, notwithstanding the wind, which was 



