228 THE DIARY OF A HUNTSMAN 



is fresher than a drag, it is called a moving- 

 scent ; that is, the scent of a fox which has 

 been disturbed by travelling. 



Mobbing a Fox — Is when a fox is taken unfair 

 advantage of, surrounded, and killed, although 

 he had strength left to show sport if he had 

 been allowed to go away. 



Mute — Hounds run mute when the scent is so 

 good that the pace they go prevents their 

 throwing tongue ; but if a hound always runs 

 mute, it is an unpardonable fault, even if in 

 every other respect he is the best hound in the 

 pack. The better he is, the more harm he does. 



Noisy — When a hound throws his tongue without 

 a scent, he should be drafted. 



Open — When a hound throws his tongue he is said 

 to open on the scent. 



Open Bitches — Bitches to breed from, which are 

 not spayed, are so called. 



Open — Earths which are not stopped are said to 

 be open. 



Owning a Scent — When hounds throw their 

 tongues on the scent. 



Over It — When hounds have gone beyond the 

 scent in chase, it is said they are over it. 



Pad — The foot of a fox. 



