120 HUNTING THE FOX 



to put it all down to zeal, provided that an honest 

 attempt is being made to show sport. And when 

 all is said and done, the two chief points for the 

 M.F.H. to remember are, that every one comes 

 out for enjoyment, and that the best answer to 

 criticism is to show a good run and kill a dead- 

 beaten Fox in the open. The general public are 

 not bad rough - and - ready critics of any given 

 performance, whether it takes place in the theatre 

 or the hunting-field. In either case their criticism, 

 good or bad, has to be accepted, or else the Box 

 Office returns are apt to suffer. 



