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tion brought to them on the night's mild breezes. 

 One of this class is quoted by John Fox, in his 

 article on ''Fox-hunting in Kentucky," as saying:, 

 ''I never expect to hear sweeter music unless by 

 the grace of heaven I hear some day the choiring 

 of angels.'*' 



In night hunting no attempt is made to "ride 

 to hounds," but the hunters take advantage of the 

 fact of a fox always running the same line, and 

 by an easy hand gallop along the roads and lanes 

 can always reach the crossings in time to see the 

 screaming pack go by. If the night is too dark to 

 distinguish the individual forms of the hounds, 

 these grizzled old fox-hunters, who by birth, tra- 

 dition, and practice combined, keep alive the in- 

 herited hunting instinct, know the mouth, or 

 tongue, of every hound in the pack, and can at 

 the end of an all-night's run tell you the exact 

 position of every hound throughout the run much 

 better than you or I could relate of a run seen in 

 the daytime. 



Master. 



In America (except with hunters) the posi- 

 tion of master of hounds is but little understood 

 and appreciated. Never make the mistake of be- 

 coming ''master" of a pack simply because you 

 are rich and can afford it, and it is the swell thing 

 to do. I know of no position of as great respon- 

 sibility, requiring as many high-class qualifica- 



