RIOT : when fox-hounds hunt any scent but that of 

 the fox they are said to be running riot. 



SCORING: hounds are said to be scoring to cry 

 when the scent is very hot and every hound in 

 the pack is speaking to it. 



SCUT : the tail of the hare or rabbit. 



SKIRTER: a hound that runs wide of the pack, 

 "playing his own hand," so to speak. 



SO-HO: the cry raised when a hare is viewed 

 (probably a corruption of "See, ho!"). 



STERN : the tail of the hound. 



TALLY-HO : the cheer announcing that the fox is 

 viewed. 



VIXEN : the female of the fox. 



WHELP : a hound puppy at a very tender age. 



WHO-HOOP: the cheer announcing the death of 

 the fox. 



WHIPPER-IN : the huntsman's subaltern, so called 

 from one of his many offices being to impress 

 upon the hounds the necessity of strict obedi- 

 ence to rules, an impression which has some- 

 times to be made with the whip. 



WHIP : an abbreviation of the last. 



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