Sporting scenes and country characters . to the kennel,where, dming his absence, everything has been care-fully prepared for the reception of the hounds. The greatest trial of the abilities of the huntsman,is a bad scent. All his exertions are then required, and 56 THE HUNTSMAN. must be brought into full play. The abilities of a skil-ful man will be then crowned with success, whilst anindifferent huntsman would totally fail, and disappointthe whole field. If the scent lies well, he has compara-tively little to do; for the hounds will then work bestby themselves, without being spoken to ; and w
Sporting scenes and country characters . to the kennel,where, dming his absence, everything has been care-fully prepared for the reception of the hounds. The greatest trial of the abilities of the huntsman,is a bad scent. All his exertions are then required, and 56 THE HUNTSMAN. must be brought into full play. The abilities of a skil-ful man will be then crowned with success, whilst anindifferent huntsman would totally fail, and disappointthe whole field. If the scent lies well, he has compara-tively little to do; for the hounds will then work bestby themselves, without being spoken to ; and when theyfind, they will rush away at a tremendous rate. Somegentlemen hunt their own hounds, and do away withthe post of the huntsman. It is, however, question-able whether they can hunt the hounds so well as aregular huntsman; for the gentleman who hunts his ownhounds cannot be so well known to them as the hunts-man, unless he performs all the duties which pertain tothat office; and for this they seldom have the leisureor THE WHIPPER-IN. IvNTIMATELY associated with the important>*^^JgL^-x post of the huntsman, is that of the^/^^^^^^ whipper-in. In fully and effectually per-feV^^^^SjVb forming all the duties which belong tohis office, in giving the highest degree of satisfactionto all, and in raising his own reputation amongst thefollowers of the hounds, he must bring to the task nosmall portion of personal exertion. His labours, indeed,are very severe, when the hounds, from the great extentof the covers, or some other unavoidable circumstances,are not in their proper position; and it is especiallyrequisite, that, in addition to his qualities as an ex- 58 THE WHIPPER-IN. cellent rider,—possessed, like the huntsman, of nerve,skill, and resolution,—he should display incessant perse-verance. Like him, also, he must be continually uponthe alert; and ever watchful, cautious, zealous, and un-tiring in his vocation, with the view of making the runas perfect and as
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