HUNTING 



Hunt Servants. 



Hunt servants are in a somewhat exceptional 

 position. They should never forget, and gentlemen 

 should always remember, that they are the Master's 

 servants, and not the servants of the public. 



All hunt servants, huntsmen, whippers-in, 

 kennelmen, stud^rooms, second horsemen, should 

 be sober, respectable, trustworthy men, smart and 

 clean in appearance, civil and well-mannered. The 

 character of the hunt may be fairly judged by the 

 manners and turn-out of the servants. 



A huntsman should be keen about his pro- 

 fession, good-tempered, persevering and patient ; 

 firm in his opinion but not conceited — conceit is 

 a fatal failing in a huntsman. He should be 

 thoroughly acquainted with the nature and habits 

 of the fox, and with those and the diseases of the 

 hound. He should be fond of his hounds and 

 always with them, walking them out and playing 

 with them, and let him remember Captain 

 Anstruther Thomson's excellent advice, " Stay at 

 home with your hounds and wear a white neck- 

 cloth." In the field he should be a man of resource, 

 for a fox is a wild animal and cannot be hunted 



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