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the scene for one of the greatest fox hunts that had taken 

 place in the annals of local history. 



The Master of Hounds quickly called the sportsmen 

 ahout him to explain to them what was expected of each, for 

 to play the fox hunting game as it should be played they 

 must have rules and regulations to go by, the violation of 

 which would be placed against the record of the hunter or 

 his hounds, depending only upon whom was at fault. And 

 thus when the scores of the different dogs were totaled up, 

 demerits should be credited to those who, unluckily, had 

 earned them, while the merits, of course, were placed to the 

 credit of hounds or hunter acting within the prescribed fra- 

 ternal law. 



SIK KiTIXG ROCKET No. 31006 B. (1. S. B., BY 

 FRANK-ANN! K WALKER. 



And so, with fox hunting, it is much the same in teehnic 

 as the rules laid down for other outdoor games; for instane^. 

 baseball, which has what they call "ground rules." Of 

 course, it takes a radically different set of rules for fox 

 hunting, but they are rules just the same. But here is the 

 greatest difference. In baseball, there often arises con- 



