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hustler. A good start is a great factor. There is 

 a huge difference between galloping with hounds 

 and catching them. Some people aver that hounds 

 can beat the best of horses ; but that is not the 

 view of those best qualified to give an opinion. 



In some countries it is the custom for terriers to 

 take part in the drawing of a covert early in the 

 season ; this practice is condemned as being apt to 

 cause hounds to shirk their work, as they wait for the 

 terriers to do the rough and tumble. Once a hound 

 has learned such tricky habits, he will probably 

 never lose them. On the other hand, where there 

 are several cubs lying close, they might be missed 

 altogether in the absence of terriers. Here there 

 is something to be said on both sides. 



It will be obvious to all who have studied human 

 nature that the mind of the true sportsman is the 

 sanest, cleanest and most akin to Nature and 

 her laws of any type of mind. What title is 

 more revered than that of "An English Gentle- 

 man " ? — a term which conveys so many qualities 

 and which is not far removed from the title of 

 "An English Sportsman." The daily Press now 

 and again invites discussion on knotty points ; a 

 much-favoured one is "The Best Definition of a 

 Gentleman." It would require the pen of Thackeray 

 to sum up all the qualities requisite to entitle a man 

 to be called a gentleman. Whether satirically 



