37 6 EMPLOYMENT OE THE DOG IN HUNTING, ETC. 



3 6. " Bets on Stakes Divided.- — Where money has been laid 

 against a dog winning a stake, and he divides it, the two sums 

 must be put together, and divided in the same proportion as the 

 value of the stakes. 



DEER-STALKING. 



It is needless to dilate upon the employment of this dog in 

 deer-stalking, as his perfection depends entirely upon his amount 

 of experience, and the degree of nose and sagacity which he 

 naturally possesses. 



HUNTING. 



Fox-hunting has now become a science in itself, and it would 

 be useless to attempt any minute detail here of all the features 

 which attend upon it. I have already alluded at some length 

 to the duties and peculiarities of the foxhound, in the description 

 of the hound himself at page 5 5 , and of the mode of entering 

 him at page 3 1 6, beyond which I must refer my readers to the 

 pages of Beckford and Somerville, among the old authorities, 

 and to " Nimrod," Col. Cooke, the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, 

 Mr. Delme Eadcliffe, and lastly " Scrutator," among the modern 

 writers on this subject. A treatise on Hunting must comprise at 

 least as large a volume as the present, and, therefore, I may 

 well be excused from going into it. For the same reason hare- 

 hunting, both with harriers and beagles, must be passed over, as 

 well as otter-hunting, beyond the notices which are given of the 

 hounds used in these sports, at pages 62-72. 



THE USE OP THE DOG IN SHOOTING. 



The dogs used in aid of the gun are : the pointer, the setter, 

 in grouse and partridge-shooting ; the spaniel, beagle, and terrier, 



