314 EMPLOYMENT OF THE DOG IN HUNTING, ETC. 



bets upon a deciding, as upon every other single course, are ojQf if 

 the course is not run. 



36, Bets on Stakes Divided. — Where money has been laid 

 against a dog winning a stake, and he divides it, the two sums 

 must be put together, and divided in the same proportion as the 

 value of the stakes. 



DEER-STALKING. 



It is needless to dilate upon the employment of this dog in 

 deer- stalking, as his perfection depends entirely upon his amount 

 of experience, and the degree of nose and sagacity which he 

 naturally possesses. 



HUNTING. 



Fox-hunting has now become a science in itself, and it would 

 be useless to attempt any minute detail here of all the features 

 which attend upon it. I have already alluded at some length 

 to the duties and peculiarities of the foxhound, in the description 

 of the hound himself at page 55, and of the mode of entering 

 him at page 245, beyond which I must refer my readers to the 



