282 THE SOUTH DEVON HUNT 



January 26th. A very fast twenty minutes from 

 Sharpham into the Dartmoor country to ground. 

 January 27th. Alston Cross : from Halsanger Mire 

 by Horridge, Bagtor Wood, Rippon Tor and Venton 

 Mire to ground in Pixie Pits in the morning. Then a 

 twisting run, covering some ten miles, in the locality 

 of Bagtor Wood, Heytor, Yarner, Pinchaford and 

 Halsanger, a change of foxes spoiling the finish. 

 January 31st. A first-rate day from Sherril over and 

 around Hamildon and the surrounding country, with 

 more than one fox and ending with a kill. 



Probably the best in-country run of this season, 

 though it lacked the desired finish, was one that took 

 place on the 5th February w^hen the pack met at 

 Blagdon Barton and found in the little covert below 

 the Totnes road. The line taken was over Higher 

 Blagdon, through Mr. Mudge's coverts and those of 

 Mr. Winser, left-handed to Wildwoods and Wester- 

 land and thence to Aptor, over the road above 

 Marldon Church to Brownscombe and Compton and 

 on to WrigwTll. Difficulties arose here through the 

 fox being headed and subsequently climbing the face 

 of the quarry, and the pace slackened to Bulley 

 Barton and Dainton Hill and Kerswell Down. Up 

 to this point the run had lasted one hour and twenty 

 minutes and the distance w^as seven miles between the 

 extreme points and probably ten as hounds ran. 

 Slow hunting followed, and the run finished at the 

 earth by Paignton Reservoir. 



On the 7th February the pack killed a brace in the 

 Yarner district after putting in some useful work, 

 and, on the 19th, had a good in-country hunt in the 

 Dundridge and Sharpham country. 



The perseverance of the pack was well tested on 

 the 24th when hounds ran for three-and-a-half hours 



