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round and round on the rocky ground between Mel 

 Tor, Dartmeet and Sherril, " And I think," says the 

 master, " at last drowned our fox in the Dart." 



The in-country hunting finished on the 7th March 

 with a good hunting run from Shinners Bridge. 

 During this montli hunting on the moor was twice 

 interrupted by heavy falls of snow. In the intervals 

 some good sport fell to the lot of the pack, notably, a 

 good hunt from Halsanger on the 17th ; a fast twenty 

 minutes from Cator Gate to ground opposite Brimpts 

 on the 26th, followed on the same day by a five-and-a- 

 quarter mile point in thirty minutes after working up 

 to a fox at Headland Warren that had obtained a 

 start from liang^'orthy Mire ; and minor successes 

 on other days. 



With better weather towards the end of the season 

 (rough weather is more hurtful to sport on Dartmoor 

 than elsewhere) matters improved. Two capital 

 runs were recorded on the 11th and 13th April, the 

 first of an hour and twenty-five minutes in the 

 Widdicombe country, including an incursion into 

 Mid-Devon territory ; the other, a hunting run of 

 three hours, from Reddaford Water with a Yarner 

 fox whose itinerary included Heytor, Leighon, Becky, 

 Bowerman's Xose, Manaton Rocks, the whole length 

 of Xeadon Cleave and Lustleigh Cleave, Houndtor 

 Wood, Trendlebere Down, Smallacombe Rocks and 

 Pinchaford. Here a fresh fox took up the running 

 by Halsanger Mire and Bagtor Mire, where the pack 

 was stopped. 



The Widdicombe fixture was responsible for the 

 run of the season on the 25th April. Hounds get 

 away on the back of a good Dartmoor fox on the top 

 of King Tor, race by Coombe through Liapa to 

 Shapeley Tor, then over the Moreton road to Lake- 



