CHAPTER SEVEN. 



THE WHIPPER-IN. 



THE above is the correct name and old-fashioned 

 sportsmen considered the use of the abbrevia- 

 tion " whip " as apphed to the man, was an 

 offence against good taste. However, it has become in 

 such general use of late, that it will be as well to use it 

 in this article. Let it therefore be understood in writing 

 "whip" I am not referring to the instrument of 

 whalebone, lash and thong, but the man whose duty it 

 is to assist the huntsman. 



A good whip does not always make a capable huntsman 

 but if he is observant, has the confidence to act on his 

 own initiative, and has a love of sport, he should acquire 

 much knowledge in the lower position. Perhaps there 

 are more quahties required in the really efficient whip 

 than in a huntsman. First of all he must remember to 

 be a loyal assistant to the huntsman and never at any 

 time to attempt to usurp that individual's duties. 

 This to one who may be a born huntsman, is very 

 trying, but he must have sufficient control to curb his 

 natural propensity and wait for the day when he gets 



promotion. 



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