VICE AND OBJECTIONABLE HABITS 



animal can only deserve to suffer from any 

 trouble that may arise. 



RUNAWAYS 



Some hunters in following hounds are of 

 such an excitable temperament that the rider 

 seems to lose all control of the animal, and it 

 is hardly necessary to say that for a horse to 

 bolt with its rider constitutes the most serious 

 danger. Such headstrong hunters require very 

 careful bitting, and are only capable of being 

 ridden by men of the regardless type. 



SHYING 



Shying may become an exceedingly dangerous 

 practice, and many accidents have occurred 

 from this cause. Visual defects such as 

 cataract ; opacity of the cornea ; displacement 

 of the corpora-nigra ; short-sightedness ; are 

 the usual causes of shying, but pure nervous- 

 ness sometimes makes a hunter shy and restless 

 in other ways. Perfect sight constitutes one 

 of the most important essentials in a hunter, 



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