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land and Metherall Mire, break the Fern worthy WalU 

 rattle over the good going of Assycombe to Tom's 

 Hill, and scream over the sound grass of Whiteridge, 

 through Grey Wethers Mires to the gate into Teign- 

 head Newtake. From here they press on to Sittaford 

 Tor and Verracombe, and ever onward to Quintius 

 Man and Whitehorse Hill, where they catch a view, 

 and, after a turn down the hill, roll their fox over in 

 the open hard by Teignhead Farmhouse. Time, just 

 one hour, and every hound up. Owing to burnt 

 ground and other difficulties, the pack had to be 

 helped in the early stages of the run, but, thanks to 

 the master's handling, no time was lost. Mr. Hayter- 

 Hames and Mr. Raleigh Phillpotts, both unquestion- 

 ably qualified judges, speak of this run as the best 

 they ever saw on the moor. 



A cheery gallop brought the season to a close on 

 the 2nd of May. The pack met at Widdicombe and 

 the run began at Sousand Warren. To Runnage 

 Farm first, then over the Moreton road, by Caroline 

 Bog to Hartland Tor, over the East Dart and away 

 nearly to Cut Hill, where we were all pounded by the 

 bogs. 



At the end of the season 1913-14, Mr. Brunskill, 

 to whose well-being a pack of hounds is apparently 

 a necessity, applied for a loan of the lower part of the 

 country, and although Major Cooke Hurle had not 

 neglected that district and did not want to lose it, 

 he felt that a separate pack would be better able to 

 do it justice, and therefore, in the spirit of a true 

 sportsman, consented to the loan being made by the 

 committee. Some particulars concerning this pack, 

 and telling how Mrs. Brunskill took command when 

 her husband joined the Army, will be found at the 

 end of the last chapter in this book. 



