134 THE FOXHOUND 



Rule 9. Any owner, his handler, or his 

 deputy may hunt a hound, but it must be one 

 or the other. When the owner has deputed 

 another person to handle for him he must not 

 interfere in any manner, nor will he be allowed 

 to ride to hounds. 



Rule 10. Riders to hounds shall be limited 

 to the handlers with entries in that particular 

 hunt, the judges, the M. F. H., flag steward, 

 and members of the press who obtain such per- 

 mission from the directors. 



Rule ii. The M. F. H. shall give the han- 

 dlers any information they need as to direc- 

 tion to enable them to keep within reasonable 

 distance of the hounds. He shall instruct han- 

 dlers and outsiders not to converse with, or in 

 the hearing of the judges, about the work done 

 or merits or demerits of any of the competing 

 hounds. It shall be his duty to report any and 

 all infringements of this rule to the directors. 

 The offender shall be subject to a fine or expul- 

 sion from the grounds at the discretion of the 

 directors. He shall ride to the hounds, and 

 shall direct the handlers and assist the judges 

 in every proper way possible. It shall be his 

 duty to notify, by conspicuously posting in 

 camp the night before, the hour and place of 

 starting on the following day. He shall also 



