i68 AVDLVG, DRIVING AND KINDRED SPORTS 



danger and loves the excitement of the chase, 

 and is wilHng, like his master, to risk the one 

 for the sake of the other. One horse of mine, 

 when it saw pig, would rear up quietly ; but 

 whether to get a better view, or from sup- 

 pressed excitement, I do not know. I think, 

 however, the former, as he never snatched at 

 his bridle, and lowered himself quietly without 

 attempting to bound off. 



When the signal is given it may still be 

 advisable to ride steadily behind the pig 

 without pressing. It is a great thing with 

 all animals of the chase to keep them on the 

 move. But at last the moment comes, and 

 we are all straining for the spear. As soon 

 as the sounder realises that they are pursued, 

 the little striped piglings will scatter in all 

 directions, till the country seems alive with 

 what the cockney child once described as a 

 pig's " kittens." Then the sow jinks away, 

 and gradually the boar is left alone, with his 

 pursuers closing upon him. One man on the 

 fastest horse has drawn nearest to the boar 

 and the spear seems a certainty, but as the 

 gleaming point approaches the bristly hide 

 quick as thought the boar has jinked, has 

 apparently put his head where his tail was, and 

 is off in another direction. The leadingr horse 

 cannot turn at once, and shoots ahead, and the 



