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found in every hunt, and the tyro will hardly do better than 

 take such a one for his guide. But let him remember to give ' 

 his pilot plenty of room. At fifty yards' distance he can see ( j 

 perfectly well what his leader is doing, and any nearer he runs [ 

 the risk of jumping on him should any mishap occur on the 

 other side of the fence, or of galloping into him should one 

 occur on this — than which, to say nothing of the danger, 





' Give your pilot plenty of room. ' 



nothing can be more unworthy of the name and character of a 

 sportsman. Should he determine, however, to shift for him- 

 self, wherever he may choose his own line, it must never be 

 that of the hounds ; he must never, that is to say, ride 

 exactly in their wake, but a little either to the right or the 

 left. Nothing makes hounds so wild as being conscious of 

 horses galloping in their track. With all his fire and dash 



