COCKTAIL: any horse not thoroughbred. 



COUNTER : hounds are running counter when they 

 are hunting the scent the reverse way, i.e., away 

 from the game. 



CROP : a hunting-whip. 



CROPPER: a bad fall; the words crumpler and 

 crowner are also used in the same significance, 

 the latter generally with the addition of the 

 epithet imperial. 



CUB : the young of the fox. 



DEN : the home or burrow of the fox. 



DOUBLE : a fox or hare doubles when it turns 

 short back on its line. 



DRAG: the scent left by the fox returning home 

 from his midnight prowlings. Also a fictitious 

 scent produced by trailing or dragging along 

 the ground a rabbit-skin, wisp of straw, piece 

 of rag, or any receptive substance soaked in 

 aniseed. Drag hounds is the term applied to a 

 pack (generally a very scratch one) kept par- 

 ticularly for this sort of chase. 



DRAW : used of the hounds ranging for their game. 



EARTH: the underground home or burrow of the 

 fox. 



EARTH-STOPPER : the man whose business it is 

 to see that all the neighbouring earths are duly 

 stopped on hunting days. This must be done 

 overnight, when the foxes are abroad after 

 their food. 



FEATHER: when a hound has a fancy that he 

 scents his game, but is not yet quite certain 

 enough to give tongue or speak to it, his stern 

 will be observed to be violently agitated : this 

 is called "feathering on the scent." 



FOIL: an animal runs its foils when it returns on 

 its own tracks. 



FORM : the seat, or kennel, of the hare. 



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