THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 45 



CHAPTER 11. 



A Chasse en plaine a la mode Aiiglaise — Preli- 

 minary arrangements — Selection of horses — 

 Trial of the riders — Drilling the hunters — Our 

 host of the chateau is left in a ditch — Grand 

 meet — Disastrous consequences to some of the 

 emulative horsemen — Safe return to the cha- 

 teau — Dinner by subscription — Ball at Rennes. 



Vive la chasse was the prevailing toast 

 in the good town of Rennes at all convivial 

 meetings — even the apple-munching 

 urchins, as we sauntered about the town, 

 greeted us with Vive la chasse whenever 

 they saw us. 



For some days we had contemplated 

 giving the inhabitants a boar hunt over 

 the plains, in humble imitation of an 



