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So it is up to the ladies, I think, to make a 

 point of learning something about hunting, if they 

 mean to hunt, and they can then do much for the sport 

 by their influence and by setting a good example. 

 They might also remember that their dear favourite 

 horses hurt people just as much when they kick them 

 as if they were ordinary hunters! Ladies will not, 

 as a rule, punish their horses for kicking; they are 

 too gentle with them. 



The position of M.P.H. is not all fun; try to 

 make it as easy as possible. He is sure to have to 

 swear at you sometimes. Nobody goes hunting who does 

 not do some stupid things, and you may get sworn at, 

 too, when you are not to blame; but in any case take 

 it all in good part and bear no ill-will. I must add 

 the most perfectly controlled fields I have ever known 

 have been worked on the quiet system, without any 

 yelling or swearing. 



I think any old Grafton man will bear me out when 

 I say that no man ever controlled a field better than 

 the present Lord Penrhyn. He not only never swore, 

 but very seldom spoke. Ee was always in the right 

 place when wanted, and had only to hold up his hand. 



A master with a jealous temperament is the hardest 

 of all to bear with; jealousy is not wanted in the 

 hunting field. The jealous hound who, when leading, 

 will go on when he knows he is off the line, trying to 

 carry the pack with him, is best hung. The jealous 

 rider who is always read y to spoil sport, provided he 

 can establish the fact that he really is in front of 

 everybody else, can't be hung, but a good many people 

 often wish he could. 



All lads, of course, should know the unwritten law 

 that 7^ou must not gallop in the wake of hounds; it 

 makes them wild. An equally well-known but often 

 ignored law is that which prevents your going on if 

 any man has got down to pull open a gate, or anything 

 of that sort, until he is in the saddle again. It is 

 not sufficient to shoot past, saying as you do so, "Can 

 you get up all right?" taking great care at the same 

 time not hear his answer. No, yoii ought really to wait 



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