SPORTSMAN 51 



of a run of this sort ought to be a caution, for 

 it is owing to a burning scent that there is scarcely 

 any cry — it is the pace which stops the music. 



If hounds are drawing a large cover, and cannot 

 be seen, never let them get out of hearing. To 

 prevent which, the only certain way is to keep 

 down wind, and the huntsman must be heard ; 

 this plan should be adopted, even if it is much 

 farther round. It is not here meant that a man 

 should gallop off all round a cover down wind, 

 but get on steadily opposite the hounds ; or by 

 getting too forward, he might head back a fox, 

 and thereby be the cause of a bad run instead 

 of a good one. Had the men stood still when 

 down wind, or out of sight, a good fox might have 

 gone away, and the first which breaks cover is 

 likely to be the best ; but he being headed, owing 

 to thoughtless riders, the hounds may change to 

 a bad one, and run the cover for hours until he is 

 killed. If these men only knew how much they 

 were abused for not attending to this, and would 

 recollect the difference of a good run and a bad 

 one, they would act differently. 



If it happens that a man views a fox breaking 

 cover, he should not halloo until he is got away 

 some distance, nearly, or quite across, a good-sized 

 field ; for if he halloos too soon the fox will head 

 back into cover. The following plan will save 



