l/^i THE IIUNTING-riELD. 



into tlie mouth. Tiie only reply I got Avas first 

 a stare^ and that a rather sulky one. " I did not 

 see what bridle they had put on." Had I known 

 enough to have with reason remarked, that such 

 or such a hound showed something of the Lons- 

 dale or Beaufort kennels, he would have set me 

 down as a wonder of a young one. 



" The man who merely rides Avithout attending 

 to hunting, is held as great a bore and pest by a 

 master of hounds, as would be some old fogy 

 w^ho pottered about with nine or ten couple of 

 old blue mottles, if he showed himself at a fixture 

 in a fast country; in truth, the old gentleman 

 would be the least objectionable personage, as he 

 would be soon got rid of; whereas the other would 

 probably be a pest for the whole day. 



" Pest the third is one of those gentlemen who 

 either turn over, continually l)oring people to assist 

 them, or perhaps stop the only practicable part of 

 a fence, while they contemplate its height and 

 probable width. The only way with such is to 

 charge them, horse and all, knock them out of 

 the way, beg pardon, and pass over. This will 

 teach them to go ; or, Avhat will answer a better 

 purpose, to keep out of the way. 



" No man can ride a chace Avell, who does not 



ride boldly. He must do so in most countries to 



keep his place ; but always let l^old riding have a 



•meaning and an end in it, and that end sliould be, 



