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and, if hounds run really fast, a bad place till they 

 check. Then, again, on an uncertain scenting 

 day the same sort of thing prevails. Men often 

 press hounds unduly on such a day, it is true ; but 

 after repeated admonitions and a succession of 

 checks they somehow get the idea that there is no 

 scent, and that there will be no scent that day, and 

 that there is no need to hurry. But if there is no 

 need to hurry, there is every necessity to keep a 

 sharp look-out, for in fox-hunting it is the un- 

 expected which always happens. Scent changes 

 suddenly, hounds begin to race, the careless man 

 loses his start, and unless he be very lucky indeed 

 he is " thrown out." 



