ADVICE ON FOX-HUNTING 



when the pack have unkennelled a brace 

 and are on the point of dividing close to him. 

 I have more than once seen a whipper-in 

 get so far up wind of the pack that the 

 latter have found a fox and turned short 

 back down wind, and he has gone riding 

 on and known nothing about it. Besides, 

 it is far better for hounds to find their fox 

 for themselves than that they should be 

 holloaed to him over a ride, and they 

 should always be allowed to do so in the 

 cub-hunting months. The case is altered 

 later on in the season, and if a woodland is 

 drawn down wind, or there is no wind at 

 all, or if foxes are very scarce, or the 

 covert is very thin. In most of these cases 



one whipper-in should keep well ahead of 



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