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found in every hunt, and the tyro will hardly do better than 

 take such a one for his guide. But let him remember to give 

 his pilot plenty of room. At fifty yards' distance he can see 

 perfectly well what his leader is doing, and any nearer he runs 

 the risk of jumping on him should any mishap occur on the 

 other side of the fence, or of galloping into him should one 

 occur on this than which, to say nothing of the danger, 



'Give your pilot plenty of room.' 



nothing can be more unworthy of the name and character of a 

 sportsman. Should he determine, however, to shift for him- 

 self, wherever he may choose his own line, it must never be 

 that of the hounds ; he must never, that is to say, ride 

 exactly in their wake, but a little either to the right or the 

 left. Nothing makes hounds so wild as being conscious of 

 horses galloping in their track. With all his fire and dash 



