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hunt when they cannot run, and the preventing them 

 from losing time by hunting when they might run, 

 which distinguishes a good Huntsman from a bad 

 one." " With a good scent cast quick, with a bad 

 scent cast slow. When Hounds are picking on a 

 cold scent, don't cast at all. It is the particular ex- 

 cellence of a Foxhound when rightly managed to 

 get on faster with an indifferent scent than any other 

 Hound. It is a quick method of hunting that I 

 mostly value in a Hound ; such as are possessed of 

 it are seldom long off the scent. It is the reverse of 

 slackness." 



''Too much help will make Hounds slack. Too 

 little will make them tie on the scent and hunt back 

 the heel." " It is great impertinence in a Huntsman 

 to make his cast before the Hounds have made 

 theirs." " Some Huntsmen have a dull, stupid way 

 of speaking to Hounds ; others a harsh, disagreeable 

 tone of voice ; others a quick, nervous manner." 



It is well enough to rouse Hounds when tired and 

 slack ; but when fresh, especially in Cubhunting, 

 when the Hounds must be taught to hunt, they 

 should be encouraged to draw slowly and per- 

 severingly, and made to find their own fox. 



^^Yet,yet^'' spoken short and sharp, and the voice 



