Ctib'hunting and After 



the effect upon hounds was disastrous. In return 

 for the concession, where it is granted, it behoves 

 those who turn out to be studious not to occupy 

 a position when they are de trop ; and remember 

 that the hunt staff should not be hampered or 

 disturbed in what to them is a matter of business. 



It is very important that the utmost care be 

 observed with young horses, gross or fractious 

 hunters, in their exercise on cubbing mornings. 

 Moreover, a kick or a blow from one of these 

 horses, bestowed on the young hounds, will undo 

 all the assurance acquired with the hunt horses 

 when at road exercise. Grooms and second horse- 

 men have to be carefully enjoined on this point. 



Nine times out of ten hounds are holloa'd away 

 on an old fox unintentionally. For this mistake 

 hounds' feet suffer, which entails endless trouble 

 to huntsmen and kennelmen alike. It is generally 

 agreed that for sharpening up young hounds, and 

 to satisfy the cravings of a rapidly growing field 

 of riders, tactics for keeping cubs within the 

 covert's confines should be abandoned in October. 

 There is some division of opinion as to the '' hold- 

 ing up " question at the beginning of the cam- 

 paign. ^'The great object of cub-hunting," pleads 

 the champion of old-fashioned methods, "has 

 always been to blood the young entry, and with 

 a good litter on foot, it matters little if a cub or 

 two be chopped at the outset." A more modern 



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