118 Seventy Years a Master. 



You may depend upon it there is a lot of truth 

 in the old saying that '* A good huntsman 

 makes a good pack of hounds." Once estab- 

 lish confidence in your hounds by taking them 

 in the right place, then you need have little 

 hesitation in backing them if ever you are in 

 serious doubts as to the onward flight of the 

 fugitive. 



I once had a dog hound that never '* ran 

 heel." I have seen him stop dead and the 

 body go dovrn a furrow full cry, but not one 

 yard would he move. And I sometimes think 

 that hounds have a great deal more sense 

 than many of the fools who ride after them. 



How often you see a real, good, hound on 

 a cold bit of land — see him or her '* catch it," 

 and speak. Then watch the body fly to that 

 '* tongue that tells no lies." You may back 

 that hound, even when the body fail to detect 

 the quarry is on. Keep on backing her until 

 she lands them on good ground, when, with 

 a chorus away they will go, showing that the 

 old bitch has once again placed them beyond 

 all doubts. Without her, perhaps they never 



