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to go and where to go than he and the old mare." 

 The continued existence of the red deer on Exmoor is 

 in great measure due to Mr. Snow's jealous protection 

 of them, to which the large tract of common, known 

 as the " Deer Park," and still maintained as such, 

 bears standing testimony. The "Old Squire's" 

 mantle descended on his son, the present Mr. Nicholas 

 Snow, Master of the Exmoor Foxhounds, but none 

 the less the best of deer preservers and stag- 

 hunters. With stout moor-foxes, the best scenting- 

 ground in England, and his smart little pack, he 

 shows sport such as any master of foxhounds might 

 envy ; but he is generally to be seen at the stag- 

 hunting meets on the Forest side; and If there 

 be a good run he will see it even though no one 

 else may. 



In 1868 it became evident that the deer in the 

 Horner covers were really superabundant, and it was 

 actually necessary to hunt the hinds there five con- 

 secutive days ; this being the first of the " Horner 

 campaigns" which were afterwards to assume impor- 

 tant dimensions. Before Mr. Bisset's resignation the 

 Horner campaigns were lengthened out to twenty and 

 thirty consecutive hunting days. As It was, the season 

 of 1868 was prolonged for the first time into the new 



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