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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ...A WHIPPER-IN, WHICH THE MORE HE ATTENDS TO, THE MORE HE WILL PLEASE THE DUKE OP GRAFTON. The Duke's system of Hunting is, to have every thing done as quietly as possible, and never with hurry, bustle, or noise. Before finding, that is, in drawing, the Duke is against driving, whipping, or scolding hounds into cover; but he is for encouraging them as quietly, and with as little noise as possible; but when hounds are running m cover, and skirting, they ought to be drove and whipped into cry, especially in furze cover; but in such a way as not to disturb those hounds that are working. When a hound is from behind running for the head, the Duke of Grafton holds that this is not skirting, but what every good hound ought to do. When John Rose and the Duke are forward with the leading hounds, the Whipper-in's great attention should be turned to pet up the tail hounds, and never, if it can possibly be helped, leave a single hound in cover. The Duke of Grafton would have the huntsman alone speak to the hounds when trying at fanlt, and the whippers-in should be at the head, but not among them, ready to turn any who do not come to the huntsman's call. At cold hunting the Duke would have the hounds allowed their own try, and not put off from it by the whip, unless they showed a wildness in such try. When hounds go away, and the Duke and huntsman are both left back with another parcel, the Whipper-m is to stop them, and bring them back to the other without faiL When hounds are behind, stopping upon another scent, the Duke would have them brought as quietly as possible, without hurry, no faster, in fact, than they may hear the hounds forward. The Duke is of opinion the usual method of capping and screaming them on at full gallop makes them wild, brings them up blown, and ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130239959
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 120
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1130239950
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 227 gr


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