RIDING TO HOUNDS 



Rights of 

 Land- 

 owners 



hold it open until the next rider cares for 

 it. If you are the last one through a gate, 

 it is your business to shut it, otherwise you 

 may be responsible for the loss of live- 

 stock at pasture. 



When you come upon a hole or wire, 

 give warning to those following you by 

 raising your hand and crying " 'ware 

 wire", or " 'ware hole". 



Never crowd the hounds. Even if you 

 do not ride them down by so doing, you 

 make them nervous and interfere with 

 their work. A woman once boasted to me 

 that she had finished "far ahead of the 

 hounds"! Be friendly and democratic on 

 the field, ever ready to do a kindness to 

 a fellow sportsman. 



At all times be careful of the land over 

 which you are riding. Remember there 

 is no reason why a farmer should be par- 

 ticularly enthusiastic about your sport at 

 his expense, and in the long run the suc- 

 cess of any hunt depends upon the good 

 will of the land owners. It is true that 

 the actual damage done to land by hunting 



