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should 3'ou happen to be well placed in a good thing, 

 owing possibly to 3'our horse having run away with 

 you, or from some other equally unavoidable or 

 accidental cause, it may be worth your while when 

 unobserved to absolutely chuck away your hat. The 

 local "special correspondent" will, if near enough, 

 make a note of the manner in which "the gentleman 

 without a hat went," and, subsequently, immortalise 

 you; whereas, had your curly pate remained covered, 

 you might have passed unnoticed, and your doughty 

 deeds have remained unsung. A new hunting hat will 

 cost you a guinea more or less, so you must yourself 

 judge when it is desirable to put this hint in force, 

 as, too, when to withstrain your thirst for fame. 



Never speak in a friendly, or even sociable manner, 

 when out hunting, to any people who may not be 

 within your own immediate circle of acquaintances. 

 Farmers, v.'hose ground you ride over, swear at, or 

 ignore, as circumstances may suggest. Never buy 

 a horse from one, however well you may see him 

 go on it, bnt give readily ;f 100 more than he would 

 have asked you for it when you recognise the same 

 animal a week later in the stable of your own 

 particular dealer. Vote all foot people a nuisance, 

 and, when you can, ride them down in the open. 

 A good opportunity to do this will occur when, as 

 is of course your w^ont, you are pursuing a fox which 



