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quick ear is a more desirable quality than a good 

 voice, and the man who is always making a noise 

 will hear little. A whip should never at any 

 moment attempt to cheer on hounds, for it is 

 of the utmost importance that they should hear 

 only one voice. He should keep his ears and 

 his eyes open, but his mouth should be shut. 

 The man who is always trying to hunt hounds 

 when the huntsman is not looking is not fit for 

 the post of whip, and the sooner he is drafted 

 the better it will be for the establishment he 

 serves. There must be only one huntsman, and 

 however bad he may be it will not improve 

 matters for some one else to attempt to do his 

 work. If a huntsman is never with his hounds, 

 the master should get rid of him as soon as 

 possible ; but until he is dismissed or pensioned 

 off, the whips ought to remember he is the only 

 person who should handle the pack. Occasionally 

 the hardest riding huntsman will, through some 

 cause or other, get left behind, and then the 

 ambitious whip will proceed to cast hounds the 

 moment they check, urged on by the thoughtless 

 members of the hunt. In doing this he is ex- 

 ceeding his duty and taking an unwarrantable 



