Otters and otter-hunting . ipper-in, or some combination of these. As mostMasters of Otter-hounds also carry the horn—and,indeed, it is a little difficult to see why they areMasters unless they do so—and most packs arewhipped-in by amateurs, perhaps the most descrip-tive, if not the briefest, title for the paid hand isthat of kennelman and whipper-in. Of his duties in the hunting-field I have writtensomething in the chapter on The there are no amateur whippers-in, or but one(who is behind the Master and huntsman), all thathas been written about the forward whip will applyto h
Otters and otter-hunting . ipper-in, or some combination of these. As mostMasters of Otter-hounds also carry the horn—and,indeed, it is a little difficult to see why they areMasters unless they do so—and most packs arewhipped-in by amateurs, perhaps the most descrip-tive, if not the briefest, title for the paid hand isthat of kennelman and whipper-in. Of his duties in the hunting-field I have writtensomething in the chapter on The there are no amateur whippers-in, or but one(who is behind the Master and huntsman), all thathas been written about the forward whip will applyto him during a hunt. In any case, he will beahead of the Master, and his principal businesswill be to keep hounds back and regulate their pro-gress to that of the Master. If he is accustomedto hunt hounds himself in the Masters absence, thiswill be no easy task, as they will be continuallytrying to go on ahead of him, confused by thesudden change in his office. It is a bad plan toallow the kennelman and whipper-in to hunt. Copyright by] [Bristol Wagon Co. A useful type of Hound Van. The Hunt Servants. 8i hounds at all—the Deputy-Master should take thehuntsmans place when the Master is not frequent change of attitude towards him re-quired on the part of hounds who one day regardhim as the whipper-in, whom they should fear morethan love, and the next as their huntsman, whomthey should love more than fear, cannot butbe bad for the discipline of a well-orderedpack. Where the paid man is hunting thehounds, too, it is probable that he will have in-sufficient assistance in the whipping-in he will be afraid of hounds gettingaway from him, with the result that he will keepthem all together like a flock of sheep—first on onebank and then on another—and the sport willnecessarily suffer. The great temptation to which the young whipper-in—one just promoted from kennel-lad—succumbsis that of rating hounds when they dont need itand of constantly
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