204 THE DIARY OF A HUNTS^LIN 



each day's sport, and followed the ^mter every- 

 where through cover, etc., who soon observed to 

 him that he woidd knock Ms horse's legs to pieces 

 if he did not keep the road through a newly-cut 

 wood, because he did not allow his horse to have 

 his head, but was constantly pulling him one way 

 or the other, consequently the horse was blunder- 

 ing against the stubs all the time. It is needless 

 to add the fact that, at the end of the first week, 

 not one horse of the four could go out of the 

 stable, OA\'ing to their legs being so bruised and 

 swollen, although others which went over the same 

 ground had legs as clean as a foal's. 



A man who hunts ^\'itli another man's hounds 

 should open his eyes and ears, but shut his mouth, 

 or he will be likely to have this question put to 

 him, if nothing worse, "Pray, sir, who made you 

 huntsman ? " 



It may be useful for young sportsmen to know 

 that when a fox goes up ^\'ind at first, he "^^ill 

 often go a mile or two, and then head back do-vMi 

 ■v\dnd ; therefore, if he is not first, his horse "v\dll 

 be the better for his not ha-sing pressed him ; and 

 if the fox keeps on up ^^ind, he is not Ukely to be 

 thrown out, as he ^\'ill be sure to hear them, and 

 be able to get to them afterwards. 



