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hounds as their good sense^ and a master's for- 

 bearance,, will let them. Cambridge men on the 

 contrary must either watch quietly and patiently 

 the instinct and science of the hound at his work, or 

 else turn quite aside from his track to find a loose off 

 for their own superfluous spirits. In other words, 

 Oxford has taught many men to ride to hounds and 

 some to hunt. Cambridge has taught hunting to 

 many ; and riding to a few. From Cambridge the 

 fieriest youth that ever donned pink for the first time 

 will seldom find excuse to gallop ; from Oxford he 

 may often go out expressly for a " flutter '' — and get 

 it to his heart's content. As for the hound, he must 

 always have his nose down, and must learn to depend 

 upon that only — which he has a much better chance 

 of doing in that the scent upon which he has to work 

 is seldom sufficiently exuberating to lead him out of 

 bounds. He must be kept in hard and constant 

 work, though ; or for very spirits he will decline to 

 stoop and toil at his work, to that degTee that alone 

 can gain him his object. He must go out full of 

 condition, but sober as a horse that is fit to run ; 

 or he will underrate his task and be very flashing 

 over the mark. Power of nose is his first essential 

 quality ; perseverance and stoutness are the two next. 

 These virtues have been cultivated for many years 

 in the Cambridgeshire pack, chiefly at the hands of 

 the families of Barnett and Lindsell, with the result 

 that sport has been obtained wherever, and whenever, 

 possible. It was as huntsman of the Cambridgeshire 

 that '' Bob Ward'* first made himself a reputation. 

 For seventeen years he killed foxes there in his 



