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him cither. He knows he is conferring a favour by- 

 allowing his land to lie hunted over, and he expects 

 to get civility in return. That hunting men should 

 buy their stable requisites as far as possible from 

 farmers who support hunting is also most desirable, 

 and it cannot be said that there is anything un- 

 reasonable in these requirements. 



There are a few other matters to be thought of 

 by a master of harriers. Shooting interests should 

 always be respected, and a master should never allow 

 his hounds to enter a covert where game is preserved 

 till after it has been shot. The golden rule in all 

 sport, as in everything else, is to do as you would be 

 done by, and if the master acts up to this he will 

 have the satisfaction of knowing that at all events he 

 has done all he could to keep matters on a satisfactory 

 basis. 



A few words on the relation of hare-hunting to 

 fox-hunting may not be out of place here. These 

 two sports ought to be carried on hand in hand, and 

 a pack of harriers properly managed should be an 

 advantage in a fox-hunting country rather than other- 

 wise. Live and let live is the maxim to be followed. 

 The hare-hunter should so conduct his sport as 

 not to do anything which may be detrimental to the 

 interests of fox-hunting, and the fox-hunter, on his 



