THE MANAGEMENT OF HOUNDS 



hounds all " throw up " and quit, have your 

 whip put them to you (after jumping off your 

 good horse for a moment or two, if the pace has 

 been fast or the going deep, and waiting for your 

 field to catch up) ; cast them quietly, zigzag- 

 ging along up to your new point of departure, 

 and encouraging them to hunt all the way, using 

 up time according to the weather and your own 

 haste. When they " own it " again, cheer them 

 away and go on as before, save that at the very 

 last you may really cap them along, as the scent 

 grows stronger (because it is fresher) and they 

 seem to be "running into him." Arrived at the 

 " finish," take your six or eight pounds of meat — 

 a steer's or bull's neck makes the best material, as 

 it is tough and they must " worry " it well before 

 it will come to pieces; if "gamey" it is all the 

 better. Get them about you, encouraging the 

 shy ones all you can ; hold it well above your 

 head, that they may see it, and throw it to 

 them, urging them to worry and tear it to frag- 

 ments, that all may get a taste, and preventing 

 any hound from getting too large a piece. If the 

 weather is hot get them to water somehow, either 

 to a nearby brook, etc., or hire some lad to bring 

 a bucket. Water them yourself (in fact, they 



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