152 3^it(mg to ?^ountif^. 



fox's track. Then you may air your lungs for a little 

 longer period, as by doing so your voice will guide 

 the huntsman where to ride, as his voice or horn 

 will in turn direct the hounds to the same spot. Be 

 very shy of holloaing when a fox is sinking. If you 

 should view him under such circumstances creeping 

 along with drooping brush beneath a hedgerow, you 

 will rightly, however, holloa "Tally ho!" or, better, 

 raise your hat to acquaint the huntsman of the fact, 

 and if he then thinks it advisable to " lift " his hounds 

 to the spot he will do so ; but it is not for you, b}^ 

 continuing to holloa, to raise their heads, which, I 

 may add, would be a much easier matter than his 

 subsequent task of getting them down again. Over- 

 eager and excitable sportsmen have, by adopting 

 such a noisy course, not unfrequently denied hounds 

 the blood they would otherwise have very shortly 

 obtained. 



Lastly, recollect that the position of a master of 

 hounds is a most trying one ; he is the commanding 

 officer of the hunting field, and as such his orders 

 should be as promptly obeyed as if he occupied a 

 similar position on the Barrack square. His is 

 indeed at times a trying post to fill, and when you 

 consider the undisciplined throng, many of whom 

 are ignorant of the very rudiments of sport, which 

 daily come under his supervision, to many of whom 



