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direction the farmer cannot form an idea, so 

 that he will probably be compelled to waste a 

 day in finding and driving them back. Should 

 young colts or fillies get loose, they may damage 

 themselves permanently. 



2. Never jump fences ^Lnnecessarily. Unnecessary 



jumping leads to the formation of unnecessary 

 gaps, which have to be filled up by the farmer 

 with much time, labour, and expense. 



3. Never ride over vetches^ young clover seeds, ivinter 



heans, or groiuing vjJieat, unless the farmer leads 

 the way. 



4. Second liorsemen must follow the second Jiorsemen 



of the hunt servants. The latter will most 

 probably have had instructions from the M.F.H. 

 to keep to roads and bridle paths, and never to 

 jump, as the duty of the second horseman is to 

 bring his master's second horsQ fresh to him at 

 the end of the first run, or in the middle of the 

 day. 



It will be seen at once that the observance of these 

 rules will diminish considerably that important item 

 in the expenses of the hunt, namely, " compensation 

 for damages done by horsemen." Lord Lonsdale, on 

 accepting the mastership of the Quorn's hounds, 

 declared that he should enforce 2 and 4 as rigidly as 

 he could, and on the first day of his mastership, 

 severely censured a man before the whole field for 

 unnecessarily jumping a fence while hounds were 

 trotting to covert. In regard to 4, we have often 

 been asked whether a pad-groom, i.e. a lady's groom, 

 should be allowed to follow his mistress. We must 

 answer the question in the negative, always excepting 



