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APPENDIX IV. 



Behaviour and Control of Field, 



When a Master is hunting his own hounds it is very advisable 

 to have either a joint Master, or a field Master, whose business 

 it is to keep the field well away from huntsman and hounds when 

 they come to a check. The field should remember that to press 

 hounds at a check is most disastrous to sport, and they should 

 keep well away and wait till hounds hit off the line, and certainly 

 not follow the huntsman about when he is making a cast. In 

 hare hunting this is most essential, as a hare will often run back 

 on its own line or squat ; if the field is walking about on the line 

 it is impossible for hounds to pick it up. The huntsman should 

 know to a few yards where the hounds last had the line, and the 

 moment that he says '' Hold hard " everyone should stop and 

 stand perfectly still and not talk : the least thing will get hounds' 

 heads up, and once up it takes time to get them down again. 

 Another thing, never halloo a hare ; if any one sees a hare, hold 

 up his cap at the place where he has seen the hare; if the 

 huntsman does not see him, go to the huntsman and tell him, 

 1st where the hare was seen, 2nd how long it had been gone, 

 3rd which direction it was going in ; a minute lost in giving 

 correct information will often save many minutes in getting 

 hounds properly on the line. 



