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until it was all gone. In 1852, Mr. Tunno of 

 Warnforcl gave him a jackal, which followed 

 him round the field like a dog, and came 

 readily to his call. At the request of Mr. R. 

 D. Cockburn, the master of the Hursley, he 

 turned him out on the race-course before the 

 bloodhounds, had a good run, and took him 

 His horse uninjured. On his well-known clever 

 Dartmoor. ]_ 10rse Dartmoor, Mr. Nevill once rode 

 from Chilland to meet the Queen's Stag-hounds 

 in the New Forest, had a fine run, and returned 

 home afterwards — a performance almost in- 

 credible. Dartmoor was fourteen hands three 

 inches, and nearly thorough-bred, of great 

 power, very fast, and could almost jump his 

 own height. He one day left a field, where he 

 was turned out, joined the hounds who were 

 running a drag, remained with them the 

 whole run, keeping at his proper distance 

 and stopping at the checks, came quietly home 

 when all was over, and rejoined the other 

 cattle in the field. He died at the age of 

 thirty, and was buried in the meadow; an 

 oak-tree was jxlanted over him, and by his side 

 were interred some bloodhounds and a deer 

 to keep him company. Perhaps Mr. NevilTs 

 greatest performance was on the 21st August, 

 1839, when, single handed, with only one 

 hound (who had only a few days before been 



