In the Field, 59 



a cold scent ; this is one of the most fruitful means 

 of spoiling sport. If you feel restless and impa- 

 tient, dismount and sit upon a fence or stump. 

 If you and your horse are impatient it will surely 

 be communicated to the hounds and a check will 

 soon develop into a loss. 



Never get ahead of the hounds; remember, 

 no matter how great the temptation to be seen ''in 

 front," you can not catch the fox yourself, but 

 you can, and probably will, spoil a day's sport for 

 a score of people by such tactics. 



To make and retain a reputation and charac- 

 ter as a good hunter is a hard job, but in no w^ay 

 can one add to it more than by careful and judi- 

 cious riding, relative to the hounds in the field. 



One should never ride in the proximity of 

 hounds and not too far to right or left to inter- 

 fere with a swing or cast they might chance to 

 make. 



In passing hounds on the road or lane, halt 

 your horse until all have passed. If listening for 

 voice of hounds hold your horse's head up; never 

 let him nibble grass, twigs, or bushes, or champ 

 his bit — this is an abominable habit, and a horse 

 should be broken of it. 



If one rides off from the crowd to listen to 

 and locate the pack, do not follow or approach 

 him. In a chase, do not consider it necessary to 

 tie your horse to the tail of the M. F. H. It is 

 extremely annoying to him to be crowded. 



