222 HALI.OO FORWARD. 



send the vhipper-in back immediately to look 

 for them : it will teach him to keep them more 

 together. 



The getting forward the tail hounds is a 

 necessary part of fox-hunting, in which you will 

 find a good whipper-in of the greatest use. He 

 must also get forward himself at times, when 

 the huntsman is not with the hounds; but the 

 second whipper-in (who frequently is a young 

 lad, ignorant of his business) on no account 

 ought to encourage or rate a hound, but when 

 he is quite certain it is right to do it; nor is he 

 ever to get forward, as long as a single hound 

 remains behind. 



Halloo forward, is certainly a necessary and 

 a good halloo ; but is it not used too indiscrimi- 

 nately .'' — it is for ever in the mouth of a whip- 

 per-in. If your hounds are never used to that 

 halloo till after a fox is found, you will see them 

 fly to it. At other times, other halloos will 

 answer the purpose of getting them on as well. 



Most huntsmen, I believe, are jealous of the 

 whipper-in : they frequently look on him as a 

 successor, and therefore do not very readily 

 admit him into the kennel ,• yet, in my opinion, 

 it is necessary lie should go there ; for he ought 

 to be well acquainted with the hounds, who 



