January 14.] 
THE FIELD. 
Wing. 
FOX HUNTING. 
(From the Chelmsford Chronicle.) 
Slogs in the forest lie, Loros in the valley-ol 
Web-fooled otters are sprend in the lochs ; 
Beasts of the chose that are not worth Tally-ho ! 
All arc surpass’d by the gorsc-cover fox. 
Fishing, though pleasant, 
I sing not at present, 
Nor shooting the pheasant, 
Nor fighting of cocks; 
Song shall dcclnro n way 
How to drive care away, 
Pain and despair away, 
Hunting the fox I 
Bulls in gay Seville aro led forth to slaughter, nor 
Dames in high rapture, the spectacle shocks ; 
Brighter in Britain I he ehorms of each daughter, nor 
Dreads the bright charmer to follow the fox. 
Spain may delight in 
A sport so exciting; 
While 'stead of bull-fighting 
We fatten the ox ; 
Song shall declare a wav, &c. 
Hunters of chamois surmount the acclivity, 
Bounding o'er torrents and scaling the rocks; 
Horns on the mountain the prize of activity, 
Ours in the valley, the brush of a fox. 
While he who thinks fit, sir, 
To follow the Switzer 
To bottomless pit, sir, 
An avalanche knocks ; 
Song shall declaro a way, &c. 
England’s green pastures aro grazed in security, 
Thanks to the Saxon who cared for our fiocks; 
He who reserving the sport for futurity, 
Sweeping the wolves away left us tLc fox. 
When joviality, 
Chases formality, 
When hospitality 
Cellars unlocks ; 
Song shall declare a way 
How to drive care away, 
Pain and despair awoy, 
Hunting the fox. 
THE WICKLOW HARRIERS. 
Now here a staid horse will carry you, 
As long us you like to go ; 
And how he should screw, and creep away, 
We all of us ought to know. 
Tis an nminble kind of sport no doubt, 
But isn't it rather slow ? 
On Saint Stephen’s Day the above pack had forty-five 
minutes of a clipper with a jack hare, which was so-hoed at 
Kilpoole, the hounds setting to work in prime style, putting 
their noses to the ground and hunting him 'to the pic- 
turesque and beautiful country of Ballinteskin ; the field 
all in a good position to “ get away forward,’’ if they chose, 
and chose they did ; for 
41 Frolic and forward, glee was there, 
Both the will to do, and the soul to dare.” 
Some awfully large fencing, comprised for the most part of 
high seven and eight double banked ditches topped with 
gorse, brought us into Kilbride (a place well known to 
. those disciples of Isaac Walton who delight in the fly rod), 
no check nor time to give the nags “ a sob," and heading 
away towards Cullen Hill, the pace commenced to get 
rather sharp, and so continued that but four sports- 
men appeared to be well pleased, a fourteen-stone gentle- 
man ruling a gallant grey, who is at all times Bight , and a 
tall good looking pastoral gentleman with a flat hat riding 
a bay “ welter looking ” horse very like Town Councillor 
Lambert, of Dublin, who once upon a time used to go 
ahead with the Ward Union and Garrisons, and which he 
called The Lord Mayor. Who the other two were we 
cannot say ; but the more prominent seemed to be not far 
from getting into grief, as was testified by the quivering 
tail and panting sides of a well-baked gingerbread-colour 
chestnut. Down through the valley of Gorman’s-town, 
skirting Bonabrucka, leaving Murrin-hill, where it has 
always been since the county Wicklow was first made • 
but keeping to its left and about a mile from this puss gave 
a view winch continued to the finish, when the jolly pack 
ran in and turned him up in the open, after one of the 
most extraordinary good runs that the Wicklow harriers 
have as yet had. 
HUNTING VOCABULARY. 
? xtract th® following “ Huntsman's Language” and 
Hunting Terms” from this Diary, which we cannot too 
highly recommend to our sporting friends as a work of 
great utility.* Several correspondents have asked, from 
time to time, for explanations of some of these phrases, 
and we therefore now give them in full : — 
HUNTSMAN’S LANGUAGE EXPLAINED. 
Cover hoick.— On throwing off: for Hark into cover. 
A,ioo in; — Into cover. 
Yoi over.— Over the fence into cover. 
%™-mTo aw ‘ ck '~' ro mak0 hounds draw " hcn 1,1 
Yoi rouse him my boys.— Ditto. 
fofnSuoHccTo?. ChC ° r t0 RCCt ° r ' ,Ue h ° nnd Wh,ch flrst c hallengod, 
^ave at him old fellow.— Ditto. 
getting together! Hoick —'' Vhcn sevcrnl ho ™ds we heard, and arc 
Taa-leo.— When a fox is viewed, for Tally-ho. 
|r;'';„r.riwSTr^ ihe ^ 
Me:-,, so “'™ y ' am TaR ' ,eo; «>« “*» 
awayfto c^inSre^^ auam *!~1then some hounds are gone 
h ^Yo hole, yo hole there.-y?]\en hounds are at check to make them 
■H* ° r * orria hoick.—' When some liounda have hit off ihe 
wants t he ni To' c o me £ gone beyond the sccn ‘ 1 or when he 
noses down.’ J ° ,,ole, ~ xfhon ut check, and to make them put their 
Boick halloo.— When a halloo Is heard. 
yonder he goes. 
"???! ° f thc fox ’ which is known from all other bv 
the fur of rabbits which is nearly always to be seen in it ' y 
*£&££*** part 0f a run out of covcr > « quick, Is called a 
bl £r h<m -~ K term used whcn a fox is killed, owing to a sharp 
ne2T£Sr When h0UDdS rnn “ lmost mute - owln « t0 ‘he good- 
' ,hcn a ° »«* «"* 
» n ^«;r W , hc " B fox is kllle<1 - “ ls ‘he cutsom in some countries 
f° r the huntsman ; some man takes round a cap or glove and 
men are expected to drop a half crown into it. It also means, when a 
man takes off his hat or cap, and waves it to bring on thc hounds 
uto ' * f, “ at “ a "““ 
0°°d head. When hounds run well together owing to ihe 
wb S 5 readin « so ‘hat it extends wide enonghffir the 
whole pack to feel it; but it most frequently happens that the scent 
SLK 0 * °, n 5 on ‘h? hne, for one hound to get it; so that tlic rest not 
bo SSnbroast n0thing l ° leBd them on > ftnd d0 no ‘ set to head so ns to 
hXS^Znt^^ af0X ’ thefirst ,10und w hlch throws 
anothe”n ed ' _WllCn 1,onnds havo left lhetr hunted fox and clinnged to 
ni^cd-.—When hounds in chnso stop for want of scent, or have over- 
W n &?.-■ When a fox is killed as soon as found. 
tush . — When hounds are running in cover and It annears Hint 
every one is throwing his tongue, it is called a good crash PP 
«“?: , A young fox, till regular hunting in November, 
out wfthScai^ hounds can scarcely feel a scent, and pick it 
to * c ’ ° r g0rsc * rush08 ’ or heath - or sedge, which 
Going to cover. -Is going to the place of meeting. 
rhZvill JC whI^i * erm . Used whcn hounds are running hares. 
Cheering.— When hounds are encouraged by a halloo 
nrTrJZl ” 1 1,0 unds arc running with the wind behind them 
arf drawinglt Vh ' h ° UndS thrown in, ° covcr to flnd a fo *> ‘hey 
m jfSf “ by ,he u* to hi. 
Under ground where foxes often run to. 
nroh^ wL!, h „ Cn , 1 r ndB do not get on ,0,he huntsman’s halloo 
probabiy feeling a stale scent sometimes, till moved by the whipper-in 
also a slow huntsman Is apt to dwell. pp 1 in 
h °T! S are Put by i not t0 be ke pt, they are drafted, 
u » drawn — \\ h en a vixen tox has drawn out fresh earth, It 
is a proof she intends to lay up her cubs there. 
Eye to hounds.— A person is said to have ’a good eye to hounds. 
£%&££• chase is always fist on the leading hound or hounds* 
1 , 0 'l l*! u a great ad ™ nta K« over others, ns he turns his horse' 
an nngie CheVCr '*** th ° leadlng hound does immediately, which save 
come^awT* h*” 00 ' t0 get hounds ftWft *»' and als0 notice for men to 
A hound which is not a steady hunter is called flighty- 
flighty. thC SCent Chftnet ' S fr ° m e °° d *° bad rc P ea ‘cdly, it is called 
niifgThe^yS 00 impUCS ’ t0 gCt ° n; ° r that tl,C h0Unds are run - 
tcrm used w hen any hound smeUs the scent: 
w lien bad, it is said they can scarcely feel the scent. 
tf f'°' , -~] Vben a f °x .mns the ground over wi.ich he has been before 
abietftotS a JBKiiy for bounds ,10t lcil ' g 
i ^* lZ££$jEF cover for a fox : ,n some conntics called 
thdr 1 tongues^ >>en thG Wh ° 1C Pack ar ® ninning hard and throwing 
%&*f > & Un l a ’ZY hm a f ° x ls got lnt0 nn earth °r drain. 
atloo.- W lien a person hears a haUoo at a distance, and thc 
h/X?? P ZcFfeir<£ S™ UiCl1 ’ " h “ sp “ ki,,e »>» 
whi'rttoiSrtha 4 * “ goi ” etot " e at *'»“"> s- 
b.St7y " 80lne “' 7 “ y ' iM 15 ! "'«< '»• l»~l 
trffo?the scenr F01 ' huntsmen to take tho hounds fonvarder, and 
h c bound , s avc sai d to be running heel when they get on the 
scent of tlie fox, and run it back the way the fox cume. 
u off ' n hounds are at check, and recover thc scent, it Is hitting 
good bi? r t lCflrst hound that feels tho scent is said to have made a 
thw ' m’ s r ‘\ tc : eagGr and J ca,ous riders when 
('infill,! fl , PU 1L . p ’ “''hough pressing the hounds too closely, 
generally foi fear that another will pass them, and so drive the hounds 
foo y k n «ft t ho,mds t ’ ' VhiCh 0ft n n r,lins a day ’ s sport - Meu who will not 
chases 1 ° nd may as wel1 content themselves with riding steeple- 
atfotrJ be T ie f^ bal !2 0 *‘f ,a " !/ -° is not heard : or when hounds are 
at a check, and it is desirable to get them on. 
fair nnA*» y w «*T^ Cn w ,e 6CCnt * s just good cn °ugh to hunt a fox a 
fan paie, hut not enough to press him, though it ought to kill one. 
/fenne/.— Wliere a l°x lays all day in cover, to which lie goes every 
morning before it is quite daylight, and remains in it till dark. * 
A ‘'o. g00d hounds which will not go a yard beyond 
tho scent, and keep the pack right — invaluable hounds : by some called 
ploughholders, because they hold thc line. 
Lefthanded —Such hounds are called left-handed wi.ich arc not 
always right, but apt to be wide, and fly without a scent : the sooner 
excellent JalitiL ulthoueh th ®y frequently have some 
Utter’* a — Young f° xcs , or ‘he eubs belonging to one fox, are called 
Lifting. When hounds are scarcely able to hunt a scent across bad 
scenting ground, the huntsman is induced to take them off it, and 
hold ‘hem forward, where he is sure to hit off the scent ; probably to a 
liailoo. I his is condemned by many good sportsmen ; and it is thought 
slow In a huntsman not to do it by others. 
JS£7*- T1, . Bt P art .°f a , cov er in which foxes are generally found; 
probably coppice-wood of about two years’ growth, or furze, &c. 
Laid up .— When a vixen fox has had cubs, she is said to have laid ur 
difficult to’got'out arg ° earthS 0nwhIch foxes generally breed, being 
Mettle. When hounds are very fresli, and fly for a short distance on 
wrong scent, or without one, it is called all metal. 
Moving scent.—When hounds get on a scent that is fresher than a 
ffiag, it is called moving scent; that is, the scent of a fox which lias 
been disturbed by travelling. 
Mobbing a /ox — Is when affix ls taken unfair advantage of, anv- 
rnunded, and killed ; although ho had strength left to show sport if ho 
had been allowed to go away. 
Mute. Hounds run mute when the scent Is so good that the uaeo 
they go prevents their throwing tongue; but if a hound always runs 
mute, it is an unpardonable iault, even if in even- other respect ho 
is the best hound in the pack : thc better he Is, the more harm he does 
A ouy.—W lien a hound throws his tongue without a scent, he should 
also be drafted. 
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desirable to holloa it loudly, it shonuTbe^ro * ^ l"} 1 °"i ly ,hl 
Throw up.— Tho exnor Jkl J pronounced, ta-a-le-o. 
then : if 
Throw ti/i.— The MacTspot Vhern*!i!!?t Pr0n j U ? ced ’, ta ' a ' le '°‘ 
up^hcro? ^ thClr thr0Wlng DP thelr 
COURSINC. 
t. « 
Mr. Hill s Hecuba in a match. In December was put out in the 
second course for tho Newmarket Champion Puppies’ Stakes by 
fu f?nk ?g 3 ,T U r° n p 9e ‘ V 1 f outhmins ‘cr Club Meeting divided 
the Oaks with Mr. Garrnd a Leabia. In January, 1853, won tho 
St. Legor, S dogs, at Soutliminster. In March, at Rninhnm 
Club Meeting, won the Berwick Stakes. At Convey I,lan? 
won the Oaks. At the last Champion Meeting at Newmarket’ 
won the All Aged Stakes, 32 dogs, £320. Winning in the 
whole, nineteen courses out of twenty. b 
BALDOCIv CHAMPION COURSING MEETING.-Jan 
11th and 12lh. 
Stew adds : J. Smith Esq , S. B. Edwards, Esq., G. L. Lilley Eso 
Secretary: Mr. J. Little. Judge : Mr. Lawrence. 1 
Tue Byorave Puppy Stakes. 
' Hudibras bk ’ b R ° pe Danccr bcat Mp * 1,ulc ’ 3 wh and blue d 
® eg h. ie bk fk d Tempest beat Mr. Little’s bk b Lourestina 
?['• S eed s . r . an w 7 d Rambler beat Cnpt. Besnnt’s bk d Black Prince 
n J: r " sk, P 8 , bde d Ripper beat Mr. Little's b d Liverpool 
Captain Besant sbl^d fiarabbas beat Mr. Purser's bk b Placid 
Mr. J Sworders bk d Stockwell beat Mr. G. Insklp’s r b Playful 
Air. J. Sworder s r b Stately beat Mr. Begbie's bk Graceful 
All . Cannon abb Fly ran a bye 
„ „ Second Ties. 
Rip P p\?beat Flv S,at ° ,y I S am \l cr beat Tcmpost 
nipper beat Fly | Barabbos beat Stockwell 
Third Ties 
Bevabbaa beat Ripley, drawn after I Rambler bcat Rope Dancer 
an undecided course | * * 
_ . . _ Decidino Course. 
° aP neea R c e n nt i? aT ? b ^5 8 by ^ gypt oat of Cob0 a Scandlus beat Mr 
Reed s Rambler by F ancy Boy out of Racey, aud won the stakes 
,, , Thb Baldock All-aobd Stakes. 
Mr. Littles bd Lancaster beat Mr. Hanscombe’s bk d Sweep 
A r' p e i Mr Lit(le ' s bltkb Lo,a Montea 1 
Mi. G Inskip s bk d Rake beat Mr. Begbie's bk and w b Rtsella 
Mr. G. Insklp s r d Peter the Great beat Mr. Purser's bk b GU 
Mr. Hanscombe'a bk d Leadenheels beat Mr. Begbie's w and bd d 
uuarusman 
Second Ties. 
Lancaster beat Peter the Great I Leadonhccls ran a bye 
Rapid beat Rnko 
Laucaater ran a bye 
Third Ties. 
| Leadenheels beat Rapid 
Deciding Course. 
Mr. Hanscombe s Leadenheels, late Sweep, by Paddy, out of Alice bent 
Stakes** Lnncas,e^, by L| ghtfoot, out of Lady, and won the 
„ r Consolation Stakbs. 
Air. Little's Laurestinn beat Sir. Begbie's Graceful 
Captain Besant's Black Prince beat Jfr. Hale's Hudibras 
Laurestina and Black Prince divided. 
Newnham Field Stakes. 
Mr. Tltchmarsh's Hector beat Mr. Inskip’s Imoger.e 
Mr. Begbie's Rosella beat Mr. Smith’s Mainsail 
Hector and Rosella divided. 
Wellington Field Stakes. 
Mr. Inskip's Ruler beat Mr. Smith's Mainmast 
Mr. Cannon’s Spring beat Mr. Tltchmarsh's Matilda 
Ruler and Spring divided. 
The winner of the Puppy Stakes, a West Country dog, won his 
courses in a very beautiful manner and was much admired for hi, 
style of running. 
Mr. Lawrence's decisions gave great satisfaction. 
Ktoo at him.— When lionnds are near the fox 
?T’7 W !K? thcy nrorery close Sthta! 
HUNTING TERMS. 
wE';Sj f en “ fox htt8 left 0 cover - and eone away; or the hounds 
on^tho tem'ls” Hark back! 8 ^ TU,y ‘ oA * ,f tbc hounds come 
AutlKir tra Ru Th? ‘ho Dlaty of a Huntsman ; with Illustrations bv the 
sc °f t en — Wben a hound throws Ills tongue he is snid to open on tho 
caUed” & ' <cAe, '~ Bitc - ,cs ‘° breed from, which are not spayed, arc so 
Open.— Earths which are not stopt are said to bo open.' 
owning a scent.— When hounds throw their tongues on the scent 
yrer it.— When hounds have gone beyond their scent In cliasc it Is 
said they arc over it. ’ 
Pad.— The foot of a fox-. 
Padding a fox. — Is finding the print of a fox's foot. 
Point to point.— The distance of a run on a map by a straight line. 
Hack. — I-or a track through a fence. 
ea,u 'i or *POut — Where u fox sometimes gets into when 
pressed : meant to imply that it Is not a regular fox earth, 
riot”*' “' V lCn h oun ds hunt anything besides fox : the rate is, “ Ware 
Skir/cr. A hound which is generally wide of the pack : also applied 
to men who are always wide of the hounds. 
Stroke of a fox.- Is when hounds are drawing, It is evident from 
tour manner that they feel the scent of a fox, although they do not 
Sinking.— A fox ls said to bo sinking when ho Is nearly beaten. 
Sinking the wind .— When men go down wind to hear the cry, it is 
called sinking tho wind of tho hounds. 
Spayed.— Bitch hounds which are not thought good enough to 
breed from are spayed; probably owing to their being lathy and thin • 
when so, It improves them. 
•Sffiffierf.— When the ground has been passed over by cattle, or the 
hounds before. 
Stooping.— When hounds will not hunt, it ls said they will not stoop 
to tho scent; that Is, will not put their noses to tho gTound. 
COUNTY' CORK COURSING CLUB. — Wednesday, Deo. 23. 
Judge : H. Duggan, Esq. 
TLe members of tho above club met on Wednesdov, tho 28th of 
December , 1853, to compete for the Silver Collar, tlie annua) ..jft 
of tlieir worthy president, which was won by Mr. Mackenzie. 
that gentleman’s dogs having run first and second. They n I. ,. 
got up, in a hurry, nn Open Stake, which, owing to the severii v 
of thc frost, hod to bo divided amongst four ditl’erent owner-’. 
Wo append a return : — 
Tub Silver Collar, annually presented by T. G. French, Esq., 
for Puppies. 
Mr. Mackenzie’s f b b p On, Lucy, On, beat Mr. R. Power's rd b n 
Paradise * 
Mr. Fisher's rd d p Charity beat Mr- Bland's bk p Beg the Rake 
Mr. Mackenzie’s fn b p Doat beat Mr. Bland's b k 1 k d b p Banshee 
Second Ties. 
On, Lucy, On, boat Charity | Doat ran a bye 
Mr. Mackenzie drew Doat by Willie Forest out of Outrage, and 
declared On, Lucy, On, by Willie Forest out of Outrage, tlie winner »( 
thc stakes and collar. Willie Forest by Liddcsdale, out of Queen Alan 
and Outrage by Oliver Twist out of the Lancashire Witch. 
The Open Stakes. Entrance, £1. 
Mr. Hayes’ ns bk d Warlock beat Mr. Clinton's bk d Warrior 
Air. It. Power's rd b Pasta beat Air. Sfassy's ns bd b p Prima Donna 
Dv. Curtis’s rd b Perl bent Mr. Massy’s rd b Cush 
Dr. Curtis's rd and w d Chieftain beat Mr. Hayes' rd b p Hannah 
Mr. Wise's fn bk b p Thistle beat Afr. Power's i>k b p Petite 
Second Ties. 
AVarlock beat Pasta 
On account of the severity of tho ftost, the owners of Warlock, Perl. 
Chieftain, and Thistle divided the stakes. 
NOTTINGHAM OPEN CHAMPION MEETING.— Jan. 11. 
Patrons : Earl of Chesterfield and Sir R. J Clifton, Bart.— Stir 
Steward: Mr. J. Dawson— Flag Steward: Air. Alarflect — Field 
Stewards : Alessrs. Davey, Hemsley, and Hitchcock. — Arrange 
Beating : Messrs. Bradshaw, Brown, and Malpas. — Judge . All . 
McGeorge.— Slipper : Air. Dawson. 
Titr Clifton Cui*.— Clifton Pasture. 
Mr. J. Brown's bk d Black Dalton ran a byo 
Mr. Bradshaw's r b Heroine beat Air. Whitaker's r d Master Sain 
Mr- llardy’s bo b Bit of Blue ran a byo 
Air. Marflcet's f b Alusld beat Air. Pennycook's y <1 Yellow Craig 
Afr. Scott's r d Glaucus beat Air. Jardinc's b d Mansoor 
Afr. Jardinc's r d Mencs beat Air. Marflcet's bk d Alurmjon 
Air. Brown's w b b Bedlam .Maid bent Mr. Mantle s bd w b Mist 
Air. Mantle's w f b Matilda ran a byo 
Second Tries. 
Black Dalton beat Heroine I Glaucus beat Menes 
Music beat Bit of Bluo | Atatllda beat Bedlam Afahl 
The Chesterfield Cur, for all ages. 
Afr. Huyhoe’sfb Dear Woman rnn a bye 
Air. Jardinc's f d .Mathematics beat Sir It. J. Clifton’s bk b Bedlam Ln«s 
Ld. Chesterfield's r b Bright Eye bcat Mr. Jardinc's b w d Music Master 
Mr. Bartlett's bd w b Bii'd-oii-tho-Wing beat Mr. Jephson's w ft) M,i\ 
Queen 
Afr. J. Brown's bk b Bedlam Bess ran a byo 
Air. Bartlett’s bd d Brigand (Into Faint Hope) bcat Afr. Hay ton’s bk d 
Hamlet 
Afr. Bartholomew's f d Baron ran a byo 
Mr. Metcalfs bd w b Countess beat Air. J. Brown’s r b Bird's Eye 
Second Ties. 
Mathematics beat Dear ^Yoman. 
