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he does not see them ; he should be quiet, patient, 

 and without conceit." 



That the office of huntsman in England is not 

 a sinecure or a bed of roses, is proven by the 

 record of Will Danby, a celebrated huntsman in 

 1830, as follows: 



Three thigh dislocations, all of his ribs laid 

 bare on the right side up to breast bone, left arm 

 broken once, right shoulder dislocated, collar bone 

 broken twice, fracture of the skull above left eye, 

 and innumerable flesh rents. 



Jim Treadwxll, another celebrated huntsman 

 who flourished in the early forties, while hardly 

 the physical curiosity of Danby, must have been 

 a very ''busy" man, as he is credited with having 

 "run into" (killed) 3,760 foxes during his career 

 in the saddle. 



A whipper-in should be a good horseman, ca- 

 pable of riding light, with knowledge of how to 

 save his mount in case it should be wanted by the 

 master or huntsman. 



He is, in fact, an understudy for the hunts- 

 man, and must have enough practical knowledge 

 of the game to assume the huntsman's role upon 

 short notice. 



He should implicitly obey orders of the master 



or huntsman, whether he thinks them right or 



wrong, and should never criticise any act of 



either, and while he should refrain from offering 



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