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means he has always something left in his horse 

 when others are beaten. There are whippers-in 

 now going who are never seen in a quick thing, 

 and yet are never missed, because they are always 

 up when wanted. Who looks for a whipper-in, 

 except then ? He does not hunt the fox. And 

 if he has a good eye and ear, with a knowledge 

 of the country, by keeping within sight, or hearing, 

 takes advantage of every turn of the hounds, 

 and saves much distance and severe ground. Nor 

 is it fair to abuse a whipper-in for not being with 

 hounds on all occasions, particularly when the 

 huntsman is very quick ; for there are some who 

 handle their hounds, and get about so quickly, 

 that if the whip had only to follow him without 

 looking after a hound, he would have enough to 

 do to keep with him. In short, with a quick 

 huntsman, if this allowance was not made, even 

 a real good whip would soon lose his character in 

 the opinion of many who do not understand it, 

 which makes it desirable to have a second whip 

 in countries where appearances are much con- 

 sidered ; though, as before stated, a second whip 

 is rarely wanted after Christmas, for when the 

 scent is so good as to run clean away from a good 

 whip, who has stopped, probably, merely to turn 

 a hound, he is not wanted until a check, and by 

 that time he is up. 



