lay his hounds on, for it is not a good sportsman 

 who poaches. This rule, of course, must be some- 

 what elastic and left to the sportsmanlike instincts 

 of Masters and huntsmen. 



In cubhunting a Master should keep as much 

 as possible to his own country, and certainly so dur- 

 ing September. In October, when hounds are let 

 go, it is more difficult to do so, but it is annoying 

 to a Master to have a neighboring pack running a 

 fox where he himself was contemplating a good 

 morning a few days later. Though there is no rule 

 about this, and as a Master has a perfect right 

 to take a cub over his border into a covert, small 

 or large, of his neighbors, and try to kill him in 

 any way he can, except by use of spade or pick as 

 mentioned previously, it is better to keep to your 

 own country till later on; besides farmers must be 

 considered — crops have not yet been turned into 

 bank notes and broken fences at this time are liable 

 to cause much future trouble. Therefore, orthodox 

 hunting is best left till as late in October as possible. 



Cubhunting is entirely a private matter, and 

 no business of anyone's but the Master's, to condi- 

 tion and school his pack and educate his foxes — 

 anyone coming out comes out on sufferance. It must 

 be left entirely to the discretion of the Master how 

 many cubs he thinks it advisable to kill, also whether 

 he sends cards of these meets out or not, and at 

 what hour he decides to meet. 



As regards neutral countries, no absolute rule 

 is applicable which would suit them all, the local 

 neutrality being generally fixed by the two Hunt 

 Committees concerned. Any dispute arising should 

 be amicably settled by representatives of the Hunt 

 Committees interested. Some countries have a 

 portion that is drawn by two different packs, taking 

 months and months about; other neutral portions 

 are drawn just as it suits these packs, and so on. 



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