ramification of knowledge is compressed! The choice of an 'oss—-the treatment of him when got—-the boots, the breeches, the saddle, the bridle, the 'ound, the 'untsman, the feeder, the Fox! Oh, how that beautiful word Fox gladdens my 'eart, and warms the declinin' embers of my age. 'The 'oss and the 'ound were made for each other, and natur' threw in the Fox as a connectin' link between the two.'"
No other sport unites all classes to such an extent or brings men and women together in such wholesome rivalry. Courage, skill, judgment and self-restraint are only some of the qualities brought into play.
Boys to the hunting field. Though 'tis November,
The wind's in the south; but a word ere we start:
However excited, you'll please to remember
That hunting's a science and riding an art.
The fox takes precedence of all from the covert,
The hunter's an animal purposely bred,
After the pack to be ridden, not over.
Foxhounds are not reared to be knock'd on the head.
Pastime for princes, prime sport of our nation,—
Strength to their sinew, a bloom on their cheek;
Health to the old, to the young recreation,
All for enjoyment the hunting field seek.
No excuse is needed for quoting these words of Mr. Egerton Warburton, from a poem said by the late Duke of Westminster to
