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sound, when another cry is heard, so similar you 

 can not detect the difference, the hounds will 

 "hark" to it, and with bristles up and sterns lash- 

 ing, take fences in their mad flight as though they 

 were but a foot high, in their eagerness to "get 

 in." They know the characters of their hound 

 friends better than you, and know when they are 

 either bluffing, lying, or are in earnest. 



When casting never offer to assist as long as 

 the hounds are diligently trying to strike it off; 

 the less they are interfered with the better; they 

 understand finding a fox better than you. AVhile 

 a good voice in a hunter is a most desirable qual- 

 ity, it should be used sparingly and with judg- 

 ment ; the ear-piercing, soul-lacerating yells some- 

 times encountered in the field only serve to excite 

 the hounds and result in more harm than good. 



Hounds while fresh are very excitable, and 

 unless you want them to overrun the line at the 

 first turn and make a loss, do not press them too 

 closely. This fault of the hunter is responsible 

 for spoiling more good runs than all the bad soil, 

 high winds, and climatic conditions combined. 



One should never forget that it is through 

 the courtesy of the farmer that fox-hunting is 

 made possible, and in crossing his land greatest 

 care should be exercised in not injuring his crops, 

 fencing, and stock. 



In Kentucky we are particularly handicapped 

 in hunting. The two greatest products of the 



