IN THE FIELD. 



•* The dusky night rides down the sky, 

 And ushers in the morn, 

 The hounds all join in glorious cry, 

 The huntsman winds his horn." 



Hunting in moderation, as indulged in in 

 this country, is a rational amusement and recrea- 

 tion. In England this ancient sport has lost none 

 of its prestige, for it is not uncommon for a man 

 to hunt from four to six days a week. It even 

 assumes the proportions of professionalism, and 

 a man conditions and trains himself the same as 

 horse and hound. 



Surely our cousin John Bull, when it comes 

 to sustaining ancestral sportsmanship, never does 

 things by halves, and fully upholds England's 

 reputation as a nation of sport lovers. 



We are too apt to neglect the fundamental 

 principles of hunting and riding in our greedy 

 desire to become past grand masters in the art. 

 For instance, how very few of us ever become 

 judges of pace? how few of us fully realize the 

 .e^reat importance of giving the subject any 

 thought? and yet to one who desires to be known 

 as a first flight man, one that can live in front, 

 it is absolutely necessary. 

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