Diamond Jubilee, or that Mr. E. P. Wilson was the 

 only rider who could steer Roquefort across a 

 country? Why, caeteris yarihus, should hounds 

 obey one man more than another? Masters of 

 Hounds are too prone to ignore the last question. 

 They forget that no man could possibly rise to the 

 position of a professional huntsman unless he had 

 proved, during the days of his stable and kennel 

 boyhood, that there was a mutual affection between 

 him and hounds. There can be no doubt but that 

 to a large extent this magnetic influence is heredi- 

 tary, though, of course, early associations have much 

 to do with it. Still, the fact remains that the 

 children of huntsmen take to the kennels like duck- 

 lings take to water. However, the obedience of 

 hounds is the result of incessant kennel work. 



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