60 FIELD MASTERS AND HUNTSMEN 



He will see the team ploughing in front half a mile away, 

 and the enclosure covered with top-dressing, partly 

 spread, partly in heaps, and his soul will be filled 

 with forebodings that these fields will be selected by 

 the fox, who will also be sure to pass that farm 

 where the lurcher and two terriers are always on 

 the prowl. Then that dark cloud from the south-west 

 is coming up, and Mr. Spurrier, on his best horse, is 

 away " on their backs," and will be far too close if 

 scent fails ! 



The amateur, however, has all the above in addition 

 to the trials I have mentioned, so that, on the whole, 

 I think the professional has the easier time, and, 

 perhaps, therefore, should be the more successful. 



