Axioms and Sayings of the Chase 



a foxhound puppy, is to give it freedom, keep it 

 dry at night, and not overfeed it " (the Earl of 

 Lonsdale). On November 30, 1855, ^^^ York and 

 Ainsty had a run of seventeen miles in one hour 

 and forty-five minutes. Raise your hat, not your 

 voice, when you view the fox away. " Pluck leads 

 you into danger, nerve sees you safely through it." 

 Mr. Warde and Mr. Meynell would never use each 

 other's stallion hounds. 



The remarkable proof of Squire Osbaldeston's 

 skill as a hound-breeder was the celerity with 

 which he improved his packs : his quickness over a 

 country was phenomenal ; his endurance far above 

 ordinary human. I refer you to his long rides to 

 cover, and his great riding feat on the Beacon course 

 at Newmarket. The late Mr. John Lawrence's 

 offer of £^ to any one who should see a fox kill a 

 lamb was never claimed. Mr. R. Herbert of Clytha 

 concluded a seventeen years' tenure of the reins 

 of the Mons. hunt in 1903 ; he was presented by 

 his friends with a silver fox. Mr. Herbert is a 

 well-known exponent of many other sports, steeple- 

 chase riding, polo, and shooting ; an original 

 member of the National Hunt committee, he 

 founded Ranelagh. We are promised his reminis- 

 cences one day. ^^ He sees most of the fun who 

 rides with discretion, and spare the crops in 

 early spring." Major Whyte-Melville says : '^ It 

 is from the loins that all good riding is done. 



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