96 Deer Breeding for Fine Heads 



French, as the English hunting cries suffice to show ; <( Eleu," for 

 instance, being the " Au Loup " of the French wolf-hunter. 



For carted deer, hinds are usually selected, although occasionally 

 a gelded stag, or <( havier," is employed ; but he is apt to turn sulky 

 and refuse to run, although if he does get going he gives a better 

 run than a hind. 



I believe that one well-known pack hunts only " haviers." 

 My experience of them is that, whilst a really good havier is the 

 best animal to hunt, as he runs straight and keeps going, the 

 generality of haviers sulk or run cunning, it may be from imperfect 

 gelding, just as a horse under similar circumstances is untrustworthy. 



Hinds, as a rule, give the best runs. Being more timid, they 

 are more likely to go straight away, and are then -less apt to run 

 amongst the horses, or to go into a shed as soon as they are 

 turned out. A sulky havier will get amongst the horses and car- 

 riages, or even rush under a horse, with the hounds after him, 

 to the great discomfort of the driver or rider, and then, if the 

 hounds are not keen to seize him, just loiters about, striking at 

 the hounds occasionally with his fore-feet. 



In the case of wild deer, "yeld" or barren hinds give the best 

 runs of all. but next is a " dagget " (so called, I think, from the 

 French for a dagger, the short straight horns without points of 

 such a deer being likened to that weapon). 



A good deer which, scent being strong, is certain to give a 

 good run (and not take to the roads) is worth a lot to the hunt, and 

 is generally taken out -as second deer in the cart, an untried 

 deer being the first. If the latter does not run, the tried deer 

 is turned out. 



