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delight of the Duke. The same consideration and 

 fair-play as a sportsman his Grace even extended 

 to a fox, as under no circumstances would he permit 

 assistance to be rendered to the hounds by a " view 

 holloa," and when drawing a cover " to find," he 

 would not allow any one to be on the outside of it 

 to head or view the fox. Should his Grace observe 

 any one disregarding this caution, he would immedi- 

 ately ride up to the delinquent with some sharp 

 cracks of his whip, crying, " Hark to cover ! Hark to 

 cover ! " 



If any attempt was made by any one to assist the 

 hounds, his Grace would say, "If you can hunt the 

 fox better than my hounds, I will send Grant (the 

 huntsman) home with them;" which he would 

 actually do if the caution were disregarded. The 

 effect of this custom was that the hounds never 

 raised their heads to expect (as many hounds do) a 

 "view holloa." The cry of the hounds and the 

 sound of the horn was all the notice allowed to be 

 given, on a fox breaking cover. If a fox were run 

 to earth, or sought refuge out of reach of the hounds, 

 not the slightest assistance was permitted to be 

 rendered to the pack. I have often heard Tom 

 Grant relate how disappointed he has been at 

 peremptory orders to whip off the hounds when, 

 after a long run, the fox was dying before the dogs 

 at the close of day. His Grace would ride up to 



