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if he be possessed of that tact and bonhomie of 

 which I have spoken elsewhere, he will have few 

 enemies and the sport of which he is an exponent 

 still fewer. Where these are unavoidable, he must 

 have patience and hope for better things, remember- 

 ing always that where a cantankerous individual or 

 a faddist closes his water to hounds it is wiser to 

 order hounds off yourself than to have them ordered 

 off by an impertinent underling; and that if regard 

 be habitually shown to the wishes of the proprietor 

 he is more likely to relent in favour of the sport 

 than if they be defied and set at naught. 



He may, however, find it useful — in England 

 especially — to issue some such circular as that 

 appended in order to mitigate in some degree the 

 undoubted nuisance that motor-cars may (unregu- 

 lated) become, at meets of Otter-hounds more 

 particularly. 



Suggested Regulations to be Issued to Motorists 

 Attending Meets of Otter-liounds. 



Members of the Hunt who come to the Meets in 

 motor-cars are requested to observe, and to instruct 

 their chauffeurs to observe, the following regula- 

 tions : — 



I. When meeting hounds to stop dead and allow 

 hounds to get well past before re-starting the car. 



