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the advantage here, in which he is undoubtedly 

 right ; whilst, if the race was run from one point 

 to another, as these races used to be, then the 

 hunting man would be on equal terms with the 

 racing man, in which he is wrong. For it is 

 knowledge of pace and knowledge of where the 

 winning-post is that wins races, and the reason 

 the hunting man who is not experienced in race 

 riding is placed at a disadvantage compared 

 with the man who is, is that he is riding faster 

 than he is accustomed to do, and that there are 

 no hounds to set the pace for him. 



It is advisable to so arrange the course that 

 the start and the finish can both be seen from 

 the winning field if possible. Remember that the 

 Hunt Point to Point Meeting, though origin- 

 ally little more than a friendly gallop over a 

 country amongst members of a Hunt, is very 

 much more than that now. It is the most 

 important social function of the hunting year. 

 It is that at which hunting men have the best 

 opportunity of extending their hospitality to the 

 farmers' wives and daughters, and the question 

 may well be asked : What is the good of asking 



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