CUB-HUNTING 203 



or need not, ask every time whether a fox 

 is an old one or not, and many a run that 

 would be considered good in the winter can 

 be enjoyed in October in such a country 

 as this. But for the great majority of 

 hunting-men, these early days are but the 

 time for getting their studs together, their 

 horses and themselves into condition ; and 

 custom and tradition has consecrated the 

 first hunting-day in November as the New 

 Year for a follower of hounds. 



