THE MIRAMAR STAG HUNT.
•——•——■— DEATH OF THE ANIMAL. £by TELEGRAPH.PRESS association.] Wellington, Tuesday. With the view of - removing the impression that the stag used in the hunt on Saturday was cruelly treated a number of gentlemen, including representatives of the press, were invited by the Hunt Club to visit Miramar this afternoon to examine the beast. On arrival at the kennels it was found that the stag had died some time during the night, but a close examination of the head and hide did not reveal any marks of violence, except a couple of small scratches, one on the leg and one on the head, which is believed to have been sustained by contact with a wire fence, but there was nothing appearing to show the cause of death, and it is supposed to have resulted from fright. The stag was proved to be about two years and four months old, and therefore nearly fully grown. It has been freely mooted in town that the animal had been attacked by the hounds, but the examination of the hide fully disproves this, and both the master of the hounds and the whipper-in deny there was any cruelty practised.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8631, 29 July 1891, Page 5
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197THE MIRAMAR STAG HUNT. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8631, 29 July 1891, Page 5
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