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to hunt, and they can then do much for the sport 

 by their influence and by setting a good example. 

 They might also remember that their dear favourite 

 horses hurt people just as much when they kick 

 them as if they were ordinary hunters. Ladies 

 will not, as a rule, punish their horses for kicking ; 

 they are too gentle with them. 



Major W. Fraser-Tytler, 



Ignorance ^i:> ^> h^> <:^ 



ALL men who are fox-hunters are not sportsmen ; 

 and that some even wish not to be thought so, 

 the following anecdote may prove. In the year 

 18 — , the writer was staying at Melton during the 

 season, with only a short stud of hunters and a hack 

 of his own, besides what he hired. As may be 

 supposed, he never thought of seeing a second run 

 with the hounds the same day. On one occasion, 

 having seen a good fox killed, he merely stopped to 

 see the second found, and then went home. Some 

 time during the afternoon he met two men, well 

 known in the hunt, who had gone the second run, 

 and inquired of them if they had killed their second 

 fox ; but neither of them knew, although they came 

 part of the way with the hounds. This was men- 

 tioned to the master of the pack next day, and the 

 reply was : " You may not be aware of it, but many 

 men here would consider it an insult to be supposed 

 to know anything about it. Had you asked them 

 who had gone best during the run, you would have 

 had a story as long as your arm." He then told the 

 fact, that the second fox was killed. 



Thomas Smith. 



