14 . TALLY-HO CH. I 



Since ' Tally-ho' and ' Tantivy' are names fre- 

 quently given to coaches, their origin is interesting 

 to the coaching man. 



Hunter's Encyclopedic Dictionary gives, ' Tally- 

 ' ho [Norman French — Taillis - an = to the cop- 

 'pice], The huntsman's cry to urge on his hounds.' 



Lc haiit taillis is a wood of twenty-five to thirty 

 years' growth and presumably 'cut high,' or with no 

 underwood, so that the hunted animal, on running 

 into it, can be plainly seen. In fox-hunting, it is 

 when the fox is viewed, that the cry is used. 



The Dictionary of the French Academy gives 

 ' Taiaut as being the cry of the hunter when he 

 views the deer. 



'Taiaut' is given in old French books on Hunting 

 in the same sense, and is also used as a verb ; just as 

 in English, one is said to ' tally-ho' the fox. ' Taillis- 

 au' or ' taillis-haut' are not given as hunting cries. 



Since tally-ho is a true fox-hunting expression, it 

 is considered proper, when a coach bears that name, 

 to have a fox or a fox's head on the harness, unless 

 there is a monogram G r crest. If the coach is 

 named 'Tantivy,' something belonging to a deer is 

 used, since that term is associated with stag-hunt- 

 ine ; but the connection is not so clear as is that of 

 tally-ho with the fox. 



' memes parlent souvent de la reunion des mails. Nous n'avons pas 

 'la pretention de modifier cette faqon de dire; nous en signalons 

 ' toutefois 1' inexactitude.' 



