THE MYOPIA 



are not the opportunities to school while the hounds are drawing, or as the 

 pack " come to their noses." An innovation which proved a great success 

 in this line were the meets of Mr. John Caswell's beagle pack before the 

 season opened. Mr. Caswell has now, unfortunately, been compelled to 

 abandon these meets, the "pony-drags" already referred to taking their place. 

 There is no doubt of the popularity of these junior meets. The beagles 

 are replaced by a pack of the old hounds, troubled with the " slows " and 

 further kept back by a scent laid with many checks. 



There is no better experience for the novice than to ride with the man 

 who lays the drag. There are also opportunities of learning while the 

 hounds are being conditioned; and any novice who needs more than oppor- 

 tunity is not sufficiently good material to be worth while bothering about. 



The above will give to the reader an idea of the pains taken at Myopia 

 to let the youngsters join in the sport and to instil in them a love for cross- 

 country riding. One can see at the early morning meets of the pony drags 

 many a future hunting man and woman who bears a name which was 

 among those of the original Myopia members who hunted foxes at Win- 

 chester in 1 879. 



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