TALLYHO 



A DAY WITH THE BAEON. 



There may be a diversity of opinion as to the com- 

 parative merits of fox and stag hunting; but there 

 are very few who would not be contented with a spin 

 across such a matchless " country '' as the Vale of 

 Aylesbury,, where the size of the fences is in unison 

 with the fields, most of which take a good deal of 

 getting over^ compelling occasionally those who desire 

 to go in the first flight to ^^ harden their hearts^ hustle 

 their horses, and go at them full tilt/' In the pursuit 

 of the stag, they who hesitate are lost. There is no 

 time for " craning " if they desire to live with such 

 a pack as the ^' Baron's/' and unless their hearts are 

 in the right place, and they keep their hands down, 

 they will, in sporting parlance be '' nowhere."" It is 

 in such countries as the Vale of Aylesbury and the 

 Roothings of Essex that stag hunting is to be enjoyed 



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