DR. HEXRY SE.AHLE GAYE 201 



always tell by his horn exactly what hounds were 

 doing. 



A lisht weight, he was a fearless rider and a crood 

 horseman. But he never rode for effect : his only 

 idea bein^ to cret to his hounds. K he could not ride 

 over a place., he would dismount, and, as we term it, 

 turn liis horse over it, a feat requiring considerable 

 agihty when a man is alone, as a huntsman so often 

 is. Fearsome., indeed, were some of the places he got 

 over in this way, and one or two of the horses he rode, 

 Old Port and Triangle for example, were extra- 

 ordinarily clever at this work. He was veiy* good on 

 bogg}' ground, going, and keeping above ground, 

 where no one else cared to follow, and remarkably 

 quick in getting about. In this, his promptness of 

 decision and his knowledge of the country helped 

 him enormously. 



That he was as good in the kennel as in the field 

 was abundantly proved by the stamp of hounds 

 composing the pack, steady hunters with plenty of 

 drive, and by the condition which enabled them to 

 stand such long days as they had, and to come again 

 as frequently as they did. For, even when hunting 

 three days a week with a very frequent bye day in 

 addition, as Gaye did later on, he never had more 

 than thirty-seven and a half couple in kennel includ- 

 ing the voun? entrv. 



With such a huntsman, who was also absolutely 

 steady and trustworthy, the master's lot was a much 

 happier one than it had been during his first season : 

 and, though Dr. Gaye superintended all details of 

 the kennel establishment and of the hunt in general, 

 and by his abihty and popularity prepared the way 

 for the actual operations in the field, yet it is only 

 fair to say that to his huntsman was due, in a very 



