CHAPTER III 

 The Fox 



THE horse and the hound were made for each 

 other, and the fox is the connecting link between 

 the two. This remark of the celebrated Jorrocks 

 has always seemed to me a very happy way of 

 explaining the situation. I am quite certain the 

 horse loves the hound, though I am not quite so 

 sure that the hound always reciprocates the 

 feeling, at least when the horse means a large 

 and hard-riding field; but without the fox they 

 would not be able to enjoy the sport they both 

 love. There is something in the look of a wild 

 fox that makes one's pulse beat faster, and breeds 

 a desire to pursue him. Even at some solemn 

 shooting function, if a fox crosses the ride, the 



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