THE HUNTSMAN 135 



discussed the chief features of kennel management, 

 and therefore I will not repeat it here. 



It is not necessary that a huntsman should feed 

 his hounds, at least not for the purpose of making 

 them attached to him, because a hound, or any 

 dog, will always leave the man who feeds him 

 to follow the man who shows him sport. There 

 are, however, other reasons why the huntsman 

 should see the pack fed, and the chief of these 

 is that the feeder, not having seen them hunt, 

 cannot be such a good judge of what each may 

 require. 



A good feeder will relieve the huntsman of 

 much responsibility ; but he ought, nevertheless, 

 to see everything for himself when possible, or 

 he will not be able to put his finger on the weak 

 spot, if anything goes wrong. Of course, in the 

 case of any establishment that hunts more than 

 three days a week, the huntsman will be out when 

 one pack is being fed, and therefore he must 

 rely to a certain extent on the feeder. 



A huntsman's duties are to breed, feed, and 

 hunt hounds, which, if he does properly, will 

 occupy every moment of his time the whole year 

 round. 



