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view the fox away, swell out your lungs for a good bellow 

 of Tally Jio-oooo ! and gallop full tilt at him before ever a 

 single hound has left covert, which wise proceeding will be 

 certain to turn him back, and gain for you the blessings of 

 all genuine lovers of sport. Finally, when the game at 

 length breaks fair, rush away in advance of everybody else, 

 with your chin to the sky, and your elbows flapping like the 

 sails of a windmill ; and when you have half-killed your 

 ill-conditioned steed, and frightened the wits out of a score 

 or two of old squires who have long ago lost their nerves 

 (together with their appreciation of such "hard riding" as 

 yours), then pull off, and dose everybody with whom you are 

 acquainted, for the next week or two, with glowing accounts 

 of the wonders that you performed on the opening day with 

 the Dashshire hounds, and the merits, beauties, and achiev- 

 ments of the exquisite animal that carried you so brilliantly 

 through the first run of the season. By adopting this 

 mode of proceeding you will be certain to gain a host of 

 admirers in the field, and will do much toward disabusing 

 the public mind of the idea (very deeply implanted in it) 

 that the hunting-field is not a place in which ladies ought 

 to seek for sport. 



Now, in conclusion, allow me in all seriousness to lay 

 down a few maxims for your instruction. Never go to 

 hunt without a good pilot. Young lovers are very nice 

 for this purpose, although not always the safest. I re- 

 commend sharp old foxhunters, who know the country, 

 and who will give you a judicious lead. If you cannot 

 c^rnrp a trustwortliy leader, dispense altogether with the 



