i 9 o CUB-HUNTING 



quivering and shaking, and sterns waving 

 among the whins. Cub-hunting is a most 

 excellent and pleasant introduction to the 

 serious business of the season. We all 

 foxes, hounds, horses, and men require 

 the preparation and the bustling about that 

 the early hours of September and October 

 place within our reach. Much of the 

 season's success depends on how the pack 

 is used during these two months. A pack, 

 as someone has said, is made or marred 

 in cub-hunting. After the ist November 

 there is comparatively little opportunity for 

 educating either cubs or puppies. 



A man does not go to covert side in 

 September to ride across country ; he goes 

 to realise with his own eyes and ears the 

 delightful fact that another hunting-season 



