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would have got out of the difficulty, and she 

 alone deserves all the honour, although few 

 of the Field may have the intelligence to 

 acknowledge the fact. 



We all know that a huntsman has a lot to 

 put up with and no man is more criticised, 

 justly or unjustly. How often you will hear the 

 remark, '' Oh 1 Where is the fool taking them ? 

 The fox has gone this way." But perhaps he 

 has not gone where the critic said, and the 

 huntsman "hits it" again. Then, however, 

 nothing is said. Again, some of the Field will 

 occasionally ride over them and drive them 

 over it. I always think of poor old Tom Se- 

 bright, huntsman to the Fitzwilliam, whenever 

 an incident of that kind occurs. For weeks 

 the Field kept over-riding his hounds, and at 

 last Tom gave way to rather strong language. 

 He was called over the coals about it, and 

 was warned about using bad language to the 

 Field, and Tom said he would not do so any 

 more. 



Well, within a week, they were one day 

 running very fast and came to a check ; 



