54 0ttn iuijo ^unt, antl ti)tir ^t cult antic si. 



MEN WHO HUNT, AND THEIR 

 PECULIARITIES. 



HE majority of men who hunt may be readily 

 divided into five distinct classes, which 

 I will, under the following headings, en- 

 deavour briefly to describe: (i) Good men to hounds, 

 (2) Hard riders, (3) Men who ride cunning, (4) Gap 

 hunters, and fifthly and lastly, *' McAdamisers." 



By "Good men" I mean those only who come out 

 to hunt, understand the science, are fond of it, and 

 ride straight to hounds with nerve, decision, and 

 judgment. Of such, I need merely say that, when 

 encountered, they are readily distinguishable from 

 the following peculiarities. They ride ''to" hounds, 

 not "at" or "over" them ; are generally "there" at 

 the end as well as the commencement of a run, and 

 distress their horses far less than the majority of 

 the field who, in comparison to them, see little or 

 nothing of the sport. 



"Hard riders" I must sub-divide as follows — for 

 men who come out only to ride are of two kinds — 

 namely, those who ride for pleasure, and those who 

 ride for profit. The former, as a rule, although 

 totally ignorant, and to a great extent careless, of the 

 working of hounds, are anything but a displeasing 



