The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . t unerring accural y. Therest of the pack knew very well this gift of Cap-tains, and invariably trusted him. It mayhappen, however, that scent is so poor that evenMime well-nosed, knowing old hound such as thismay be at fault. In such a case the man who can prick the hares trail, very much as the Africanbushman spoors great game, is a treasure to anyhunt. Every hare-hunter, and especially thehuntsman and whip of a foot pack, ought to culti-vate this art, which is frequently an invaluableone. When, after a rousing hunt,
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . t unerring accural y. Therest of the pack knew very well this gift of Cap-tains, and invariably trusted him. It mayhappen, however, that scent is so poor that evenMime well-nosed, knowing old hound such as thismay be at fault. In such a case the man who can prick the hares trail, very much as the Africanbushman spoors great game, is a treasure to anyhunt. Every hare-hunter, and especially thehuntsman and whip of a foot pack, ought to culti-vate this art, which is frequently an invaluableone. When, after a rousing hunt, the hare is killed,the huntsman or whip will disembowel her with theaid of his knife and give the entrails to the provides quite sufficient blooding. A littlesmearing, especially of some of the youngerhounds, on the head anil back is an ancient andby no means a bad custom, tending, as it does, toencourage keenness. The hare itself is usuallygiven to the farmer upon whose land she is firstfound, an excellent custom which ensures and 184 THE SPORTS OF THE AN ENGLISH HARRIER(Phota : C. Reid, Wishaui.) encourages the right good feeling between thehunters and those hearty and generous folk, with-out whose friendship and sporting instincts allhunting alike would be at an end. The scut, andperhaps a pad, may be taken for the benefit ofsome enthusiastic hunter or huntress who happensto be in at the death ; and some few huntsmen liketo bereave the dead hare of her ears for the pur-pose of nailing up at the kennels as reminders andenumerators of their prowess. It sometimeshappens, especially with foot harriers, that houndson a burning scent get right away from their fieldand kill and completely devour their quarry beforethe huntsman or field can get up. That is a mis-fortune which cannot, of course, be providedagainst. As a rule, hares ring about so much, and are so commonly in the habit of returningagain and again to the neighbourhood oftheir seat, that even foot hunt
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