Echoes of the Hunting Horn 



man while a cigarette is being smoked, re-enter kennels 

 and then try to discover his chosen six. It takes roughly, 

 ten minutes to smoke a cigarette, and during that time 

 the six hounds have mingled with the pack. Even if 

 his conversation with the kennel-man has not risen to 

 anything more classical than a weather discussion, it 

 has prevented his repeating six hound names to a tonic- 

 solfa lilt. His mind is then ready for the memory test. 



When he re-enters kennels if he can recognise and 

 name two hounds he is to be congratulated. If he can 

 identify three or four he deserves an illuminated address, 

 and if he unhesitatingly recognises all six hounds he has 

 wasted his vocation ! 



He should have been a huntsman ! 



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