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are inclined to hang, keep moving on blowing them 

 out. They will come to you sooner than if you 

 stand still. Do not allow a hound to be struck or 

 rated on coming out of cover. If you do he will 

 only hang the more next time. 



It is better not to draw a big strong cover late 

 in the afternoon, and indeed, it is better not to draw 

 so late that you may be obliged to stop your 

 hounds. When you do stop hounds from their fox 

 make as much of them as you possibly can ; stopping 

 them always discourages them. 



When hounds have been running hard in cover 

 for some time and throw up, then is the moment to 

 look out for him to break away. Most likely they 

 have been too close to him for him to do so. But 

 if he breaks, unless he is very beat, let him go. 

 They will kill him quicker in the open. 



When a fox breaks away he should not be 

 holloa'd till he is fairly gone. It is well to see him 

 safe in the next field before holloaing him ; a holloa 

 may turn him back if given too soon, and foxes 

 sometimes go out for a field and run back under the 

 fence again. Don't holloa a fox over a ride in 

 covert till he is well over it, you are likely to turn 

 him back by so doing. 



If you want a fox " held up " in cover, the 

 whippers-in should stand well out in the field and 

 tap with their whips against their boot or saddle. 

 If he is to hold a fox in a particular quarter of a 

 cover he must tap with his whip, but not shout, 

 especially if hounds throw up, or he will get their 

 heads up. 



