With Hounds at Dawn 



handling to arouse his dormant spirit, and then with 

 amazing suddenness he puts his nose to the ground, 

 throws his tongue exultantly, works his line accurately 

 and hunts away like a demon. 



During the Cub-Hunting season such puppies are 

 given every chance of proving their mettle, but if they 

 do not enter satisfactorily they cannot be retained in 

 the pack as the hunting season proper is approaching. 

 Hounds who will not hunt are useless; but they are 

 given every chance of mending their ways before they 

 are cast ; and even people who are not lovers of hunting 

 will agree that there must be some deep-rooted manliness 

 in a sport that can induce men, voluntarily, to leave 

 their beds, gobble a hasty breakfast, mount a horse and 

 ride away into the dimness of the dawn so that they 

 may teach a few recalcitrant puppies how to hunt a fox. 



