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Till you can see which turn she means to make, 

 Quickly you'll then the same direction take. 



VII 



For every hare is sure to make her round 

 And then revisit the field where she was found ; 

 For in this term no travelling jacks you'll find, 

 Nor wanton does to paths of love inclined. 



VIII 



Now often when your hare, her circles once completed, 

 Is just the time the Master's skill's defeated ; 

 For information to you he'll apply. 

 And on your news with confidence rely. 



IX 



Go to the place where you first saw the hare, 

 Blow then your whistle, do not move from there 

 Till huntsman comes, then point to him her line ; 

 Then right or left again your steps incline. 



However great one's zeal, one cannot attain perfection all at ouce, 

 and a learner must Ije content to take reproof patiently and in good 

 part. 



" Several errors of mine were well sworn at by the somewhat 

 of&cious ' Talim ' (a senior Whip). L. G. B. is most aggravating and 

 discouraging. But when in cold blood one sees his excellent advice 

 and appreciates what a rare good chap he is, though ' when heated in 

 the chase ' decidedly testy." — H. S. G. 



But the learner takes sound advice in good part, perseveres and 

 makes progress, till, like the Industrious Apprentice,^ he eventually 

 rises to the dignity and responsibility of Master. 



^ Here is the record of how he resisted the temptation to become an idle one :-- 

 "On Oct. 26, 1898, I paid my first visit to Newmarket, going over with Tick 

 AUgood on a tandem (bike !). I returned with less than I went and was not 

 particularly entertained. If racing is a thing that grows on one, I do not think I 

 shall give it a chance." 



