96 NOTES FOR nUNTIXG-MEN 



2. On no account to jump or break clown Fences. 



3. To shut all Gates, especially leading on to a 

 Eoad. 



4. As far as possible to keep in a body with the 

 Hunt Second Horsemen. 



5. Not to let Stock out of the Fields they are 

 in, and especially not on to a Road, and to en- 

 deavour to put back into their own Fields any 

 found to have got out. 



6. Not to take Horses out at any time schooling 

 over Fences, without permission from the Occupier 

 of the Land. 



With regard to something I said before, as to 

 making a stud groom of someone else's second 

 horseman, you must bear in mind that it by no 

 means follows that a good second horseman will 

 make a good head man, any more than a good 

 whipper-in will necessarily be a good huntsman. 

 All the second horseman has to do is to ride your 

 horse nicely and quietly, to turn himself out 

 smartly, and learn to keep his eyes open to find 

 you at the critical moment. In many ways he has 

 the pleasantest and easiest time of anyone in the 

 stable. He will find it very different when he 

 blossoms into a head groom, and will be called 

 upon to exercise much higher qualities, if his 

 stable is to run smoothly, not the least being power 



