Excerpt from Hounds, Gentlemen, Please

IT is not very often, I think, that a sportsman who is not a Master of Hounds is more deeply interested in the breeding and pedigree lore of the foxhound than my old friend, the writer of these pages.

That being the case, it was, perhaps, very natural that he should endeavour, by his writings, to create a wider interest in the foxhound in the minds of those who follow him - an interest which may induce them to give to that noble animal the fair play, when in chase, that he deserves - and by doing so help to lighten the burden of the who cannot be expected to attend to the hunting education of his field, in addition to his many other duties.

In every Sport and in every game the beginner, however keen he may be, is bound to make mis takes. For instance, at polo, in his first season he will probably get a decision for off-side given against him, and so penalise his own side. A tyro at fishing will, to start with, no doubt muddle himself up with his own cast, or fix it firmly in the nearest tree. But it is reasonable to expect that after a year or two's experience, even though the beginner may not have arrived at the top of the tree in the particular branch of sport that he desires to follow, he will, at allvi hounds, gentlemen, please!

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