264 HUNTING TRIPS 



do is to shoot well; he need not show 

 knowledge of a single detail of hunting 

 craft, nor need he have any trait of mind or 

 body such as he must possess to follow most 

 other kinds of the chase. 



Deer-hanting on horseback is something 

 widely different. Even if the hunters carry 

 rifles and themselves kill the deer, using the 

 dogs merely to drive it out of the brush, 

 they must be bold and skilful horsemen, 

 and must show good judgment in riding to 

 cut off the quarry, so as to be able to get a 

 shot at it. This is the common American 

 method of hunting the deer in those places 

 where it is followed with horse and hound ; 

 but it is also coursed with greyhounds in 

 certain spots where the lay of the land per- 

 mits this form of sport, and in many dis- 

 tricts, even where ordinary hounds are 

 used, the -riders go unarmed and merely 

 follow the pack till the deer is bayed and 

 pulled down. All kinds of hunting on 

 horseback and most hunting on horseback 

 is done with hounds tend to bring out the 



