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But we have reason to believe, if a master of 

 harriers of the present day wished to show his pack 

 to advantage, and could have a choice of a run to 

 display them, he would say, " Give me twenty-five 

 minutes in all ; the first fifteen a severe burst ; then 

 a fault, well hit off; and the remaining ten without 

 a turn." But, it may be asked, wherefore the fault? 

 We reply, because, although the speed of well-bred 

 harriers, for a certain time, if not quite equal to 

 that of fox-hounds, is too much for most hares, as 

 well as for most horses that follow them, yet, after 

 that certain time, say fifteen minutes, wind and 

 power begin to fail, and a short check is useful. 

 Besides, the ability of a pack, in quickly recover- 

 ing a fault, is more than a counterbalance to their 

 coming to a fault at all, which, with a short-run- 

 ning animal, as the hare is, it is often difficult to 

 avoid, nay, rather to be looked for indeed in every 

 field. 



The difference in the terms used in hare-hunting 

 and fox-hunting is comprised in a few words : — 

 Harriers are cast off, in the morning ; fox-hounds 

 throw off. The hare is found by the quest or trail ; 

 the fox by the drag. The hare is on her form or 

 seat ; the fox in his kennel. The young hare is a 

 leveret; a fox a year old is a cub. The view holloo 

 of the hare is, " Gone away ;'' of a fox, " Tallyho.'"' 

 The hare doubles in chase ; the fox heads back, or 

 is headed. The harrier is at fault ; the fox-hound 

 at check. The hare is pricked by the foot ; the 

 fox is balled or padded. The hare squats ; the fox 



