i6 FOX-HUNTING 



the sport or game should possess sufficient interest 

 to crowd out every other thought from the mind. 

 Dwelling too long on one subject is bad for the 

 brain. There is nothing to make you forget the 

 troubles and worries of life that can compare with 

 hunting. You may start out in the morning 

 after reading a sheaf of unpleasant letters, feeling 

 bothered and worried ; but as you near the meet 

 your black reflections gradually fade away, and 

 by the time the fox is found, they have completely 

 disappeared. Then you return at night, weary 

 in body perhaps, but with a brain refreshed, and 

 can tackle with ease the problems which appeared 

 in the morning to overwhelm you. The glorious 

 uncertainty of hunting is one of its greatest 

 charms. You never know what the day will 

 bring forth, for what may appear to you a most 

 unlikely morning for scent may turn out the best 

 day of the season. A good fox may be found 

 where previous experience has led you to expect 

 foxes to be short-running. You get a good 

 start from the covert, and the horse you had 

 thought before only a moderate hunter ^carries 

 you brilliantly. 



It is never safe to predict anything that refers 



